Neuropathy News
May 9, 2024
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May 8, 2024 Neuropathy, the nerve damage that causes pain and numbness in the feet and hands and can eventually lead to falls, infection and even amputation, is very common and underdiagnosed, according to a new ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Reserachers found that people who were more active in their free time had a lower chance of having various types of chronic pain 7-8 years later. For example, being just a little more active, such as going from light to moderate activity, was ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Scientists have uncovered a key step in the wound healing process that becomes disabled in diseases like diabetes and aging, contributing to a global healthcare cost of managing poorly healing wounds ...
Mar. 2, 2024 A perplexing problem for people with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) is persistent pain, even after antibiotics have successfully cleared the bacteria. Now researchers have identified the ...
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Jan. 31, 2024 A new approach to treating neuropathic pain is making a key step forward. Neuropathic pain is among the most difficult types of pain to alleviate and current treatments are often ineffective. ...
Jan. 31, 2024 To rapidly transmit electrical signals in the brain, the long nerve fibers are insulated by specialized cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells also respond to the electrical signals of active ...
Jan. 22, 2024 Low back pain is a major cause of disability around the globe, with more than 570 million people affected. New research shows that many people with persistent low back pain (more than 12 weeks) ...
Jan. 9, 2024 RSV, a common infection in children and the elderly thought to only infect the respiratory tract, can also infect nerve cells and cause nerve damage, according to a new study. The findings could have ...
Jan. 9, 2024 Chronic pain can present in multiple forms for multiple sclerosis patients. Some forms make it harder to stay active than ...
Nov. 30, 2023 Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke recovery ...
Nov. 29, 2023 Researchers have identified objective evidence of how the neck muscles are involved in primary headaches, according to a new ...
Nov. 28, 2023 Damage to the body's peripheral nerves can cause pain and movement disorders. Researchers have recently investigated how damaged nerves can regenerate better. They found that fat tissue strongly ...
Nov. 28, 2023 Researchers discovered a mechanism for repairing damaged nerves during peripheral neuropathy in mice, wherein the protein Mitf orchestrates nerve repair after both trauma-induced and chronic nerve ...
Nov. 21, 2023 Researchers have uncovered a reason that may explain why visceral pain is so common in conditions like irritable bowel syndrome. This understanding could inspire new and better ways to alleviate that ...
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Jan. 19, 2024 Guillain-?Barr Syndrome is a rare condition in which a person's immune system attacks the peripheral nerves. People affected suffer from muscle weakness and paralysis. A research team led by ETH ...
Nov. 13, 2023 A compound -- one of 27 million screened in a library of potential new drugs -- reversed four types of chronic pain in animal studies, according to new research. The small molecule, which binds to an ...
Nov. 8, 2023 Researchers have identified that a transient inflammatory pain causes mitochondrial and redox changes in sensory neurons that persist beyond pain resolution. These changes appear to predispose to a ...
Oct. 30, 2023 Researchers have discovered mechanisms by which specific cells are activated in alcohol withdrawal-induced headache. The research may benefit further studies of various substance use disorder ...
Sep. 28, 2023 A new study may provide key answers to how to help people experiencing chronic back pain. The study examined the critical connection between the brain and pain for treating chronic pain. ...
Sep. 19, 2023 Researchers have successfully used 'bioinks' containing living nerve cells (neurons) to print 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve ...
July 31, 2023 Pain experts suggest that scrambler therapy, a noninvasive pain treatment, can yield significant relief for approximately 80% -- 90% of patients with chronic pain, and it may be more effective than ...
July 27, 2023 Scientists identified the region where a protein regulates sodium ion channels, inserting the channel's genetic material into a virus to alleviate pain in cell and animal ...
July 24, 2023 Neuropathic pain is a debilitating condition estimated to affect as much as 10% of the global population. It results from a damaged or malfunctioning nervous system, stemming from diseases like ...
June 27, 2023 In the midst of a global opioid epidemic, a team of scientists is exploring natural killer (NK) cells as an alternative treatment for neuropathic pain. Researchers gather existing evidence for the ...
June 15, 2023 A new study has identified a treatment that could repair myelin in the cortex, undoing some of the damage caused by ...
May 24, 2023 Recent research has identified a new compound that can stimulate nerve regeneration after injury, as well as protect cardiac tissue from the sort of damage seen in heart ...
May 4, 2023 Neuropathic pain -- abnormal hypersensitivity to stimuli -- is associated with impaired quality of life and is often poorly managed. Estimates suggest that 3 percent to 17 percent of adults suffer ...
Apr. 21, 2023 A team showed how both alcohol intake and alcohol withdrawal can lead to increased pain and ...
Apr. 13, 2023 Investigators recently used a targeted drug to restore muscle strength and correct myotonia in mice with myotonic ...
Apr. 13, 2023 A wearable electrical-stimulation and vibration-therapy system designed by engineering students might be just what the doctor ordered for people experiencing foot pain and balance loss due to ...
Apr. 10, 2023 For more than 100 million Americans who are obese, bariatric surgery may reverse complications related to diabetes, including regenerating damaged nerves, a new study shows. Researchers say the ...
Apr. 5, 2023 Feeling like we have a degree of control makes us tolerate pain better. In the case of fibromyalgia, however, this simply doesn't work. A study provides clues as to ...
Mar. 8, 2023 People with chronic back pain may turn to spinal cord stimulation to ease their pain, but a Cochrane Review found no sustained benefits to the surgery that outweigh the costs and ...
Feb. 1, 2023 New research has found some antidepressants may be effective in treating certain chronic pain conditions, but others lack convincing evidence on their ...
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- Genetic Therapy Corrects Progressive Muscle Disorder in Mice
- Students Engineer Socks for on-the-Go Neuropathy Treatment
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- Declines in Opioid Prescriptions for U.S. Patients With Cancer and Non-Cancer Pain, Study Shows
- Researcher Develops Algorithm to Track Mental States Through the Skin
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- Many Pain Medications Can Be Used for Spine-Related Pain in Older Adults
- Microfluidic-Based Soft Robotic Prosthetics Promise Relief for Diabetic Amputees
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- Neuronal Plasticity in Chronic Pain-Induced Anxiety Revealed
- How It Works: The Protein That Stimulates Muscle Growth
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- Scientists Pinpoint Genetic Target With Promise for Treating Many Forms of Blindness
- Scientists Think a Peptide Could Stop, Reverse Damage to Nerve Cells