Specialists explain why the condition occurs, how it’s diagnosed, and the range of medical and surgical options available ...

Breathwork involves practicing breathing techniques to improve your mental health. Experts explain the potential benefits, ...

Gabapentin was approved decades ago to treat seizures and nerve pain from shingles, but it has since become one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States. About 15.5 million people ...

A nerve block administered to a nerve that provides sensation to the palate, upper jaw and upper lip halts pain during the surgery and significantly reduces it afterward, researchers recently reported ...

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 ...

The way we lie down in bed could pose health risks beyond just a sore back, according to experts. Your go-to posture can cause pain, reflux, snoring and even nerve symptoms that show up the next ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multiple Medicare Administrative Contractors have proposed to restrict coverage for peripheral nerve block ...

Scientists at NYU have made a breakthrough that could change how we treat pain forever. Instead of using traditional NSAIDs like ibuprofen—which block both pain and the healing ...

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 ...

There’s a saying: pain begets pain. It is used in the context of physical pain, and also when someone inflicts their own psychological pain on others. On the physiological front, mounting research is ...