Scientists find the protein IL-17 that fights infection also acts on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability. This adds to evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

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Three experts explain how obstructive sleep apnea, an often-ignored cardiovascular risk factor, may affect your heart and treatment options.

I am a baby boomer who was born in 1949. I was vaccinated against polio as soon as it was available, and I was most likely ...

The nervous system is a complex network of neurons and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have ...

Nervous system dysregulation impacts health, linking stress responses to mental and physical conditions. Understand its ...

do we appreciate the speed of our own anatomy. For individuals whose ability to shape sound has been severed from their brain ...

Air purifiers already in Utah schools play a key role in improving student health and performance. Without funding to ...

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I first heard our friend Bob utter a phrase – the phrase – that has resounded with me, lo these many years: Control the ...