Neuropathy News

Posted June 23, 2011:

• To Fix Diabetic Nerve Damage, Blood Vessels and Support Cells May Be the Real Targets of Treatment
• Cautionary Tale for People With Diabetes: Dog Consumed Part of a Sleeping Patient's Toe

Posted June 22, 2011:

• Source of Mystery Pain Uncovered

Posted June 13, 2011:

• Sniffing out a New Source of Stem Cells

Posted June 6, 2011:

• Molecular Imaging Pinpoints Source of Chronic Back Pain

Posted June 1, 2011:

• Retina Holds the Key to Better Vision in Deaf People

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Scientists Discover New Hitch to Link Nerve Cell Motors to Their Cargo

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Protein Responsible for the Detection of Extreme Heat and Pain Discovered

Posted May 10, 2011:

• New Study Expands Time Window for Facial Nerve Rehabilitation

Posted May 3, 2011:

• Regenerating Nerve Cells: Research Offers Hope in New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries

Posted April 19, 2011:

• How Peppermint Helps to Relieve Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Experimental Alzheimer's Disease Drugs Might Help Patients With Nerve Injuries

Posted April 11, 2011:

• New Guidelines on Best Treatments for Diabetic Nerve Pain
• First Clinical Trial of Gene Therapy for Pain Shows Substantial Pain Relief for Patients
• How Grown Children Cope With Pain May Be Traced Back to the Way Their Family Copes With Pain

Posted April 5, 2011:

• Demystifying Meditation: Brain Imaging Illustrates How Meditation Reduces Pain

Posted March 24, 2011:

• A Safer, More Effective Morphine May Soon Be Possible

Posted March 21, 2011:

• Traffic Accidents Linked to Increased Risk of Chronic Widespread Pain

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Feet First? Old Mitochondria Might Be Responsible for Neuropathy in the Extremities

Posted January 28, 2011:

• Powerful New Painkiller With No Apparent Side Effects or Addictive Qualities, May Be Ready in a Year

Posted January 4, 2011:

• Experimental Drug More Potent, Longer Lasting Than Morphine

Posted December 30, 2010:

• Study Probes Obesity Link to Fibromyalgia

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Boosting Supply of Key Brain Chemical Reduces Fatigue in Mice

Posted December 17, 2010:

• Ion Channel Responsible for Pain Identified

Posted December 11, 2010:

• Depression Drug May Relieve Pain from Breast Cancer Treatment

Posted December 5, 2010:

• New Possibility of Reversing Damage Caused by Multiple Sclerosis

Posted November 17, 2010:

• It Takes Two: Double Detection Key for Sensing Muscle Pain

Posted November 15, 2010:

• Origin of Cells Associated With Nerve Repair Discovered

Posted November 12, 2010:

• New Genetic Marker Makes Fruit Fly a Better Model for Brain Development and Diseases

Posted November 11, 2010:

• Pain Gene Common to Flies, Mice and Humans, Researchers Discover

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Key Link Between Adrenal Gland Hormone and Brain in Hypertension Discovered

Posted November 4, 2010:

• Burning Pain and Itching Governed by Same Nerve Cells

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Burn Injuries Rapidly Deplete Vitamin E, Study Finds

Posted October 14, 2010:

• Yoga Can Counteract Fibromyalgia, Study Suggests

Posted October 8, 2010:

• HSAN 1: Identification of New Mutations, More Accurate Diagnosis and Improved Genetic Counseling

Posted October 6, 2010:

• New Drug Blocks Morphine's Effects on Breathing -- But Not on Pain

Posted September 27, 2010:

• How Injured Nerves Grow Themselves Back
• Gene Linked to Common Form of Migraine Discovered

Posted September 23, 2010:

• New Findings on Multiple Sclerosis: Immune Cells Also Attack Neurons Directly

Posted September 22, 2010:

• Inflammation Causes Some Postsurgical Neuropathies

Posted September 20, 2010:

• No Pain in the Hospital: Wishful Thinking or Reality?

Posted September 17, 2010:

• Spike Mat Does Help -- A Little, Swedish Research Shows

Posted September 10, 2010:

• Drug Holds Promise to Halt Debilitating Condition of Diabetes

Posted September 7, 2010:

• New Target to Improve Pain Management Identified

Posted September 1, 2010:

• Protecting Nerve Cells from Death in a Model of Stroke

Posted August 30, 2010:

• Smoked Medical Cannabis May Be Beneficial as Treatment for Chronic Neuropathic Pain, Study Suggests

Posted August 17, 2010:

• New Drugs to Treat Chronic Pain Without Numbing May Be Possible

Posted August 16, 2010:

• How Badly Does It Hurt? Research Examines the Biomedical Diagnosis of Pain

Posted August 12, 2010:

• All Pain Is Not the Same: Psychologist Discusses Gender Differences in Chronic Pain
• Heat Shock Protein Can Restore Nerve Damage in Diabetic Mice

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