Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

Names associated with the ocean (or water in general) hold a special place in my heart. One of my friends who lives with his family out in California lives near the ocean, and all of them have names ...

Catherine, Jaden, Anne, Phillip, Jamal and Esteban are some of the names that we'll be seeing less of in 2025, a new survey by BabyCenter has revealed. Other names falling in popularity include ...

rTMS is a technique that involves delivering repeated magnetic pulses to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. Magnetic stimulation appears to affect brain function and is often used in resistant ...

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and wife Nicole Phelps chose an intriguing combination of names for their four boys. After the first three — Boomer, Beckett, Maverick — the parents mined their ...

Nerve pain refers to painful sensations around the nerves. Various treatment options are available, including anticonvulsants, certain antidepressants, mild opioids, and some topical treatments ...

She joins her siblings, and as you’ll see from their names, there’s a theme here. Their eldest daughter is 3-year-old Sterling Skye and their 2-year-old son is Patrick Mahomes III, but his nic ...