1+ week, 39+ min ago   (95+ words) Peripheral neuropathic pain is among the most stubborn and debilitating conditions in modern medicine, a burning, shooting, or electric-shock-like torment that arises when nerves themselves are damaged by diabetes, chemotherapy, trauma, or infection. For millions of patients, relief has long…...

3+ week, 44+ min ago   (640+ words) Ankle sprains are often treated as temporary injuries, but for many people the consequences persist long after swelling and pain have subsided. As many as 70% of individuals who suffer an ankle sprain develop ongoing problems, including impaired balance, reduced proprioception,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (581+ words) At the base of the brain, a small but powerful cluster of nerve cells may hold the key to developing more precise treatments for chronic pain. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (440+ words) A genetic deep-dive into fibromyalgia—now published in Nature Medicine—has uncovered risk factors in the largest dataset of its kind. The study points toward the nervous system’s role in why some people develop the syndrome, shifting the discussion from…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (339+ words) A new parallel-survey study from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center examined perspectives from 395 cancer survivors and 62 cancer care providers. Published in the Journal of Cancer Education, the work compares attitudes, risk awareness, and communication comfort between the groups. The goal…...