Hours hunched over laptops, endless scrolling on phones, and sedentary routines have quietly turned slouching into the new normal. It shows up as rounded shoulders, stiff necks, nagging back pain, and ...

Sleep breathing disorders (SBDs)—including obstructive sleep apnoea, central sleep apnoea and sleep-related hypoventilation syndromes—represent a major yet under-recognised contributor to global ...

Surface electromyography (sEMG) has emerged as a non-invasive modality for assessing respiratory muscle activity, including ...

A woman who was accused of "faking" her symptoms has finally received a diagnosis but revealed that she now can't have children. Since the age of 15, Monica Thomas has endured agonising pain and made ...

If you’re fading early or hurting after rides, this under-the-radar culprit may be the real cause.

We spend a lot of time thinking about the difficult people in our lives—the friend who can't take feedback, the partner who always has to be right, the coworker who turns everything into a fight. But ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

Doctors use various tests to diagnose and assess thoracic outlet syndrome, including tests to evaluate muscle activity and check for neurological issues. Some tests aim to replicate a person’s ...

In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem that had stymied mathematicians for a century. In this case, the solvers weren't human. An artificial ...

The phrenic nerve is the nerve that controls your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that helps you breathe. The diaphragm muscles expand and tighten the lungs to help you draw air into them. The ...