The lucrative no-bid contract to cater to shelters cost taxpayers $9.4 million, was riddled with complaints from the get-go, ...

The sciatic and pudendal nerves are located in the hip area and may become pinched. You may have pain when you move, or you may walk with a limp. The pain can feel like an ache, or it may burn or ...

Sometimes called the abducent nerve, the abducens nerve is the sixth cranial nerve (CN VI). This nerve has only a motor function and lacks a sensory function. Along with the oculomotor nerve (CN III) ...

Nerve pain is distinct from typical tissue pain. When you have tissue pain, like falling down or getting a cut, your nerves deliver the pain message to your brain. But when the nerves themselves ...

It won't be off the mark to say that nerves are likely to play a crucial role in the final stretch. The scores were tied 5-5 after game 10 but the last two decisive games thereafter have breathed ...

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The greater petrosal nerve branches off of the facial nerve in the skull. Along with a chain of other nerves, it innervates (provides nerve function to) the lacrimal gland, which produces tears. The ...

Researchers at the NYU Pain Research Center have found a new receptor for nerve growth factor that plays an important role in pain signaling, even though it does not signal on its own, according ...

"It's a rare muscular condition where the muscles and the nerves don't necessarily work well together, in a sense of firing signals to muscles around the body, which then obviously leads to them ...

Rejecting orthogonal geometry, the museum seamlessly merges art, architecture, and public interaction, redefining the concept of a cultural institution. Its impact extends beyond aesthetics ...