New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your nervous system is a key force behind so many important bodily functions. But when your peripheral nerves—those found outside ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...

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Analyzing molecular changes in two types of peripheral nerves that are affected in diabetic peripheral neuropathy – the sural, which carry sensory signals, and the tibial, which carry both sensory and ...

Nerve pain (called neuropathic pain), is one of the more difficult and uncomfortable types of pain. Whether the pain comes from diabetes, shingles, fibromyalgia, chemotherapy, or a host of other ...

Neuropathy is a tenacious condition that frequently makes you feel anything but calm. It’s an ongoing battle against nerve pain, tingling feelings, and discomfort that refuses to go away. Many people, ...

Qutenza (capsaicin) is a prescription drug approved to treat nerve pain caused by shingles or diabetes. Qutenza comes as a skin patch. Specifically, Qutenza is used in adults to treat: Like most drugs ...