Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...

When Marilyn Conner shattered her left hand, she developed intense chronic pain. Nothing helped until she tried spinal cord stimulation therapy. Weeks after Gabriola Island resident Marilyn Conner ...

People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine should receive targeted nerve blocks rather than IV opioids to quell their pain, a major update of treatment guidelines suggests. Doctors should use a ...

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin - which are frequently prescribed for nerve pain - leading them to prescribe unnecessary medications that cause yet more ...

CHICAGO — Adding transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to outpatient physical therapy (PT) reduced movement-evoked pain (MEP) and other types of pain and fatigue for patients with ...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which diabetes mellitus damages nerves in the body, leading to chronic pain, affects roughly 37 million people in the United States and 460 million ...

Pendergrast is an anesthesiology resident physician at the University of Michigan. The 1 in 5 Americans suffering from chronic pain may soon lose access to evidence-based interventions that have ...

(Reuters) -Medical device maker Boston Scientific said on Friday it will buy the remaining equity in privately held Nalu Medical for about $533 million in cash, expanding its portfolio of treatments ...

Leg pain can be caused by overuse, trauma, infection, or a severe medical condition. Applying ice helps reduce pain and swelling, while heat can help with stiffness. Contact a healthcare provider if ...

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will be out at least three to four weeks with sciatica nerve pain on his right side, the team announced Thursday. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported the news that ...