The term “sympathetic nervous system overload” sounds daunting, but the root cause is pedestrian: stress. Stress is, of course, something we all experience all the time, but left unchecked, it can ...

If exercise feels harder than it should, chronic stress may be working against you. Learn how to regulate your physiology so ...

Researchers have discovered that acupuncture analgesia may active the sympathetic nervous system for pain suffers, according to News-Medical. The study involved 36 healthy adults who exercised to ...

The sympathetic nervous system was thought to have evolved with jawed vertebrates. But lampreys—jawless, parasitic fish that suck out the blood of their hosts—have a simple one, per recent research.

Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high ...