Drinking a glass of water in one go, for example, forces your diaphragm muscle to keep creating suction continuously, which occupies the phrenic nerve, interrupting one part of the reflex.

Midazolam may be useful in cases of terminal illness. Interventional procedures such as vagal or phrenic nerve block or stimulation should be considered in patients who are refractory to medications.

This is a ruptured, or herniated, disk. The fragments of disk material can then press on the nerve roots located just behind the disk space. This can cause pain, weakness, numbness, or changes in ...

To see a second train derailment in two consecutive days had Morgan worried. “It’s a little nerve racking,” she said. “I’m just glad they tipped the other direction and that’s the truth.” About one ...

Facial nerve paralysis describes weakness in the muscles on one or both sides of your face that causes an inability to smile, blink, or control other facial movements. It happens when the facial nerve ...

What is the nervous system? The nervous system is a complex system that controls and coordinates body activities. It's made up of 2 main divisions: Central nervous system. This consists of the brain ...

Background: Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is an established method for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes to aid in diagnosing lymphadenopathy and in staging lung cancers. Real-time ...

Editor’s note (May 10th): This article has been updated. JUST AS INDIA’S showdown with Pakistan was spiralling out of control, it seems to be calming down. After four days of escalating ...

In a nerve-sparing prostate cancer surgery, also called a nerve-sparing prostatectomy, doctors avoid cutting nerves near your prostate. This gives you a better chance of keeping normal erections ...

A group of Texas-based researchers has developed an effective way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that involves zapping the vagus nerve around the neck, using a device the size of a ...

Durable treatment benefits for chronic ischemic stroke are needed. The purpose of this report is to determine the long-term effects of vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation on impairment, ...

Many are exciting, but few have intrigued me as much as vagus nerve stimulation. To understand why, you first have to grasp just how remarkable the vagus nerve is – and there is probably no one ...