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  Scientists Coax Nerve Fibers To Regrow After Spinal Cord Injury

  July 18, 2006 — In tests on rats, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan have developed a treatment that helps spinal cord nerves regrow after injury. The findings will be published in the July ... > full story
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  Proteins Spur Diabetic Mice Models To Grow Blood Vessels, Nerves

  July 16, 2006 — University of Utah researchers have taken a potentially powerful new therapy for treating diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and other illnesses out of the test tube and into animals by ... > full story
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  Fibromyalgia Increases Pain And Fatigue For Pregnant Women

  July 5, 2006 — Pregnant women with fibromyalgia (FM) experience significant pain, fatigue and psychological stress, symptoms that are often misdiagnosed or undertreated as a normal part of pregnancy, according to a ... > full story
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  Abnormal Glucose Metabolism May Contribute To Chronic Nerve Disorder

  June 18, 2006 — Abnormal glucose metabolism, which occurs when the body has difficulty processing sugar (glucose) into energy, is twice as common among patients with chronic nerve dysfunction of unknown cause than ... > full story
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  Chronic Neuropathic, 'Phantom' Pain Comes From Affected Nerve And Spinal Cord, Not Brain

  June 8, 2006 — Chronic pain caused by arthritis, sciatica, cancer and diabetes has higher visibility due to sharp increase in soldiers' amputations in the Iraq War. Called "phantom limb pain," neuropathic pain is ... > full story
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  Trial Success For Diabetic Nerve Therapy

  May 30, 2006 — A potentially ground-breaking treatment for nerve damage caused by diabetes has shown promising results in preclinical and early patient ... > full story
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  Factor Spurs Regeneration In The Optic Nerve

  May 15, 2006 — Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a naturally occurring, previously unrecognized growth factor that stimulates regeneration in injured optic nerves -- raising the possibility ... > full story
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  Antiviral Drugs May Help Relieve Nerve Pain Related To Shingles

  May 8, 2006 — A small trial suggests that treatment with intravenous and oral antiviral medications may reduce the nerve pain that occurs following shingles, according to a study posted online today that will ... > full story
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  Occipital Nerve Stimulation Found To Be Safe, Effective Treatment For Chronic Headache

  April 7, 2006 — Patients suffering from chronic migraine headaches who have found no relief through the use of medication may find hope through occipital nerve stimulation (ONS). At the 58th annual meeting of the ... > full story
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  Relief To 'Suicide Disease' Sufferers

  April 6, 2006 — Known as "suicide disease," trigeminal neuralgia, or facial pain, causes stabbing, mind-numbing pain in even a light breeze. But there is hope for facial pain sufferers: Oregon Health and Science ... > full story

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