Jill Becher spent more than three years in agonizing pain. After one surgery failed, a riskier treatment provided relief.

Neuropathic pain is a chronic and debilitating condition that impacts around 10% of the population in both the United States and Europe. Despite advances in understanding the mechanisms of neuropathic ...

Insect venom may seem like an unlikely ally in the discovery of new human pain treatments, but the latest findings into the ...

Carrie Jean Robinette, 46, of San Diego, has always had a lot of health issues, but she didn’t think she had a serious ...

Superficial peroneal and sural sensory nerve action potentials were within the normal range ... Also, medications such as pregabalin can be prescribed for the patient’s neuropathic pain, such as ...

After negative aspiration, 3 to 5 mL of local anesthetic is injected over the course of the needle to block the saphenous nerve (see Fig. 67-19).

A New Jersey resident who one day woke up and began experiencing the most excruciating pain of her life is now able to manage ...

Spinal nerves and peripheral nerves (in the limbs) are prone to being pinched. Typical symptoms of a pinched nerve are pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness. These symptoms may be felt anywhere in the ...

In this study we demonstrate an early loss of small nerve fibers detected by both CCM and skin biopsy in recently diagnosed T2D, with CNFD-MNF being most sensitive among six measures of CCM.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In both, the kitchen becomes the scene for battle — between the generations, between the sexes, between ...

The team that first recorded vagus nerve signals in humans has isolated the electrical activity of individual neurones responsible for cardiovascular regulation. Published in The Journal of Physiology ...