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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 -
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 -
Diabetics Who Control Blood Sugar Today Are More Likely To Have Healthy Feet And Nerves Tomorrow
March 11, 2006 — People with diabetes who keep their blood sugar in check today will probably have a far lower chance of developing foot pain or other nerve damage tomorrow, according to new research results from a ... > full story -
Obese People Are More Sensitive To Pain, Suggests Study
March 1, 2006 — Obese people may be more sensitive to pain than people who aren't obese, a new study suggests. All of the older adults who completed the study had osteoarthritis of the knee, a disease that causes ... > full story -
Computer Use Deleted As Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Cause: More Common In Assembly Line Work
February 6, 2006 — The popular belief that excessive computer use causes painful carpal tunnel syndrome has been contradicted by experts at Harvard Medical School. According to them, even as much as seven hours a day ... > full story -
Study Finds Nerve Damage In Previously Mysterious Chronic Pain Syndrome
January 31, 2006 — Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found the first evidence of a physical abnormality underlying the chronic pain condition called reflex sympathetic dystrophy or complex regional ... > full story -
Master Genetic Switch Found For Chronic Pain
January 26, 2006 — In experiments with mice, researchers have found that eliminating what appears to be a master genetic switch for the development of pain-sensing neurons knocks out the animals' response to ... > full story -
Impotency Drugs May Be Associated With Increased Risk Of Optic Nerve Damage
January 18, 2006 — Viagra and Cialis, the drugs used to treat impotency, may be associated with an increased risk of optic nerve damage in men with a history of heart attack or high blood pressure, suggests a small ... > full story -
Researchers Identify Key Protein Involved In Neuropathic Pain
December 20, 2005 — A team of researchers led by Université Laval and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has discovered a protein that plays a major role in neuropathic ... > full story -
Standing Up To Paraplegia With Gene Therapy
December 18, 2005 — Elena Rugarli and colleagues from the National Neurological Institute in Milan have used gene therapy to save sensory and skeletal muscle nerve fibers from degeneration in mice with hereditary ... > full story
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