Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is crucial to navigating daily life. It lets you walk, controls your eye movements, and rings your brain’s alarms when you step on a Lego brick. Yet researchers ...

Did you know? Our body runs on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) that witnesses constant shifts between the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) modes. So, when we’re ...

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Traumatic injuries of the central nervous system (CNS)—such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)—are characterized by oxidative damage and neuroinflammation. Current ...

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The PCAOB is delaying by one year the effective date of its risk-based quality control system for public company accounting. “Today’s decision by the board to postpone the effective date takes into ...

Amidst the disappointment for the Pittsburgh Steelers that their first-round pick won’t be playing in the regular-season opener is that Derrick Harmon’s absence could open up opportunity for one of ...

Peripheral neuropathy is rarely fatal. However, it can cause serious complications if left untreated. These complications may affect a person’s independence, overall health, and life expectancy.

Alex Bregman, even in light of his recent slump, seems more than likely to opt out of his contract with the Boston Red Sox. Bregman has been an ideal addition for Boston. It's worked out almost too ...