Gastrointestinal system: Stress can alter the gut-brain axis, causing symptoms such as acid reflux, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and appetite disturbances. However, severe stress ...

Endocrine disruptors may cause hormonal dysfunction, which research is now linking to earlier than anticipated menopause. But you can lessen your exposure to these chemicals. Endocrine-disrupting ...

"In my view, the paper's main takeaway is that the mammalian serotonin system is far more anatomically ... release in a particular region of the brain. This has implications for the "winner ...

Researchers have identified the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance between the two could lead to ...

Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences have developed a new imaging method, D-PSCAN, which enables ...

Northeast Georgia Health System is using badges with location tracking to increase nurse safety. The devices have also helped address other challenges across the system's hospitals. This article ...

Crucially, the way it interprets the information depends on what the rest of the brain is working on. If it's Super Bowl Sunday, the visual system sees those carrots on a veggie tray before the ...

The study on mice shows that the brain's hypothalamus controls how the immune system adapts during fasting, through a handful of highly specialized neurons responsible for making animals hungry.

So first of all, the name of that strategy, I don't think the bottom 50% of Americans are losers. I think the system hasn't worked for them. I think that they are winners. It's just a bad system.

New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ...