But in GBS, the immune system starts to destroy the myelin sheath that surrounds the axons of many nerve cells, and sometimes, the axons themselves. When this occurs, the nerves can’t send signals ...

What Is Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome? Ulnar tunnel syndrome is pain, tingling, or numbness in your hand, caused by a pinched nerve in your wrist. It isn’t pleasant, but treatments and simple changes to ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

6 Institute of Interdisciplinary Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Objective Bone stress injuries (BSIs ... anterior tibial shaft and fifth metatarsal; ...

Ulnar nerve entrapment happens when there’s pressure on the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve travels from the shoulder to the pinky finger. It can cause symptoms like muscle weakness and numbness.

Ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging are emerging as powerful tools to study brain structures and functions. The skull introduces significant distortion and attenuation of the ultrasound signals ...

Try as I might, entertaining is usually a hustle for me. No matter how much I plan, the final 30 minutes before a dinner party is pure mayhem. I’m usually barefoot, covered in flour, still in ...

Stress can be acute or chronic and can lead to fatigue, headaches, upset stomach, nervousness, and irritability or anger. Exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, and eating a nutritious diet ...

Morton's neuroma is caused by a nerve in your foot that becomes inflamed ... is pain at the end of one or more of your five metatarsal bones. Those are the bones in the ball of your foot, closest ...

This condition is a focal forefoot nerve entrapment. Several etiological theories have been proposed for Morton’s entrapment, including hypermobililty of the metatarsal heads by Hoadley in 1893 [3], ...

Researchers have discovered that stomach cancers make electrical connections with nearby sensory nerves and use these malignant circuits to stimulate the cancer's growth and spread. It is the ...

Scientists have found two ‘dials’ in the brain that help to explain how chronic stress hijacks decision-making 1. How the stressed-out brain can weaken the immune system The discovery is based ...