Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by pulling ...

Neurological disorders are disorders that affect the central nervous system or the peripheral nervous systems and can impair the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve or neuromuscular function. Early ...

Calgary's police chief says the perception is real: people don't feel safe downtown, with calls for service hitting a six-year high. Officers hit the streets to address the problem on Wednesday, but ...

Psychiatric disorders are a heterogeneous group of mental disorders, manifesting as unusual mental or behavioural patterns that cause distress or disability to the individual. A study drawing on ...

A Police Scotland helicopter flies over the Niddrie area of Edinburgh on Guy Fawkes night as part of Operation Moonbeam after fireworks were thrown at emergency services vehicles. One person was ...

Adjustment disorder, sometimes referred to as situational depression, is a lengthy, abnormal, and excessively negative reaction to an identifiable life stressor. The reaction is more severe than would ...

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Chondrocytes reside within small spaces called lacunae (singular: lacuna) embedded within the extracellular matrix (ECM) of ...