Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that the gut's rhythmic muscle movements could help explain how blood vessels in the brain expand and contract together.

Your body maintains a biological “set point” for weight, beyond calories, through powerful hormonal and neural feedback loops ...

This study presents valuable findings on the role of KLF6 in in vitro endothelial cells exposed to altered (high or low) shear stress with a customized microfluidic device to investigate mechanisms of ...

Researchers showed that large motor neurons face high metabolic stress, making them more prone to degeneration. Reducing this ...

The fitness world was left shocked by the sudden demise of renowned Indian bodybuilder Varinder Singh Ghuman, fondly known as “The He-Man of India.” The 42-year-old from Jalandhar, Punjab, who won the ...

NIH invests $14.2 million to map interoception, the body’s hidden sixth sense, revealing how the brain monitors vital ...

Interactive Physiology 2.0 also touches upon common cardiovascular pathologies to illustrate the clinical significance of the concepts learned. Hypertension: High blood pressure, which can lead to ...

Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers ...

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

The Atlantic C.E.O.—and author of “The Running Ground”—discusses four books about how demanding physical pursuits can change ...