Credit: iStock/Prostock-Studio From the quick sting of a paper cut to living with arthritis every day, pain is a part of everyone’s life. And in fact, roughly 25% of people in the U.S. live with chronic pain. How does your body know when to feel this sensation? Let’s take the paper cut as an example. … Continue reading The Science of Pain: From Nerves to Brain
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Spotlight On: The Vagus Nerve
Credit: Yoko Wang In recent years, the vagus nerve has become more well-known than ever before, as it has become a golden target for many chronic disease therapies. What is the vagus nerve? And what does it do, and why is it so important to our health? For centuries, the vagus nerve (also called the … Continue reading Spotlight On: The Vagus Nerve