Neck pain ranks among the most common physical complaints, affecting up to 70% of adults at some point during their lives. This prevalence creates a challenging dilemma: how to distinguish between ...
According to new research, a thick neck can be an accurate predictor of cardiovascular risk, as well as indicate type 2 ...
Data from a 2010 analysis, the Framingham Heart Study, a U.S. research project into heart disease that began in 1948, was ...
Symptoms of thyroid cancer can include swelling or a lump in the neck, pain, voice changes, and more. However, benign conditions can also cause many of these symptoms. Lumps in the thyroid area can ...
The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that is primarily responsible for breathing. Contraction of the diaphragm expands the lungs and draws air into them. The phrenic nerve ...
Our heart works every moment to ensure blood and oxygen supply to every part of the body. However, when blockages develop in ...
A throat contusion, or bruise, usually occurs due to trauma such as falling with an object inside the mouth. Symptoms of a throat contusion may include pain, swelling, and discoloration. It is a ...