Medically reviewed by Mary Josephine Hessert, DO Ear infections are the most common cause of ear pain when swallowing.TMJ disorders can cause ear pain, pressure, and fullness, making chewing and ...

Sometimes, earache and headache occur together. A few conditions can cause this, such as middle ear infections and migraine. The treatment for ear pain with headache depends on what’s causing it. Ear ...

Jaw pain can be a sign of something as mild as a sinus infection to something as serious as a tumor.

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common complications following heart surgery, affecting one in three patients. This adverse side-effect, with symptoms such as palpitations, dizziness, shortness ...

The vagus nerve is called the "wandering nerve" because it's the longest nerve in the human body and travels from the base of the brain up into the ears and down into the lower intestines. In recent ...

"It's easier to put your elbow in your ear" is a time-tested way to describe the impossibility of any given task. But the route to easing knee pain might indeed wend through the ear, a new study says.

On TikTok, vagus nerve stimulation sounds like a miracle cure. Influencers claim it can help with a long list of ailments, including—but not limited to—anxiety, stress, depression, and inflammation.

Kosaku Aoyagi, PT, Ph.D. (right), an assistant professor of physical therapy and movement sciences in the College of Health Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, and his team are exploring ...

The vagus nerve is called the "wandering nerve" because it's the longest nerve in the human body and travels from the base of the brain up into the ears and down into the lower intestines. In recent ...