Neuroscience
Touching a nerve in the fight against chronic pain and diseases
The human body's longest cranial nerve has the potential to improve health on numerous fronts, according to researchers.
Jan 11, 2024
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News tagged with nerve pain
Neuroscience
Early nerve intervention found to reduce pain and complications after amputation
Performed early—at the time of amputation—a procedure called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) can reduce pain scores and prevent complications related to abnormal nerve regrowth, suggests a new study in the journal ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
New clues to origins of lower back pain
Some people might be prone to low back pain because of specific cells contained in their spinal disks, a new study suggests.
Jan 3, 2024
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Medical research
Study links back pain to a subtype of cells in spinal 'shock absorbers'
A new Cedars-Sinai study might have cracked the mystery surrounding the cause of a specific type of back pain. Almost 40% of the adult population experiences low back pain due to degenerating disks in the spine, but medical ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Surgery
Perfecting the performance of nerve implants
Researchers are extending their understanding of the effectiveness of electrical fields that are increasingly being used in implants to stimulate and repair damaged nerves. Effective nerve stimulation is the key to helping ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Surgery
Study improves outcomes for patients undergoing chest wall surgery
A faculty member and group of students from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM) published a study earlier this year with findings that may help relieve pain in pediatric patients following ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Health
Hello hay fever—why pressing under your nose could stop a sneeze but why you shouldn't
If you have hay fever, you've probably been sneezing a lot lately.
Oct 26, 2023
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Neuroscience
Gene therapy opens new possibilities for treating chronic pain
Researchers from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford, along with colleagues at Cambridge University and Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, have shown the potential ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Medications
Researchers explore new nonaddictive means of fighting pain
New research shows that an experimental drug fine-tuned to a specific pain pathway can ease post-surgery aches, a finding that may eventually offer an alternative to highly addictive opioids.
Aug 3, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scrambler therapy may offer lasting relief for chronic pain, review paper suggests
A new review paper co-authored by two Johns Hopkins pain experts suggests that scrambler therapy, a non-invasive pain treatment, can yield significant relief for approximately 80%–90% of patients with chronic pain, and ...
Jul 31, 2023
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