Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

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The Ukrainian military once believed drones that communicate with their operators via fibre-optic links would not be necessary on the battlefield. However, that perspective has shifted with the ...

This signal is then triangulated to determine the drone's precise position. With fiber-optic drones, these feeds are transmitted to the operator over the cable, leaving no detectable signal.

GBS is a nerve disease that affects senses, movements, breathing, and heartbeat in humans. The condition, in which the body’s immune system attacks nerves, can cause paralysis and even death.

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For all the known benefits CBD offers, it’s unclear how well it can relieve nerve pain. Few studies have looked at CBD and nerve pain specifically. With neuropathy, CBD research is even more ...

The vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body, originates in the brainstem and extends down into the abdomen. It monitors and receives information about the functioning of the heart, lungs ...

B-scan ultrasound can effectively differentiate between peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like structures and optic ...