For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

Chemotherapy has long forced patients to choose between fighting their cancer and living with nerve pain that can linger for years after treatment ends. Now a wave of basic science and early clinical ...

Experts explain the science behind chronic pain and how to finally find relief with treatments that target your body and ...

A hidden immune stress switch may be driving chemotherapy nerve pain and scientists have found a way to turn it off.

Researchers in Japan have identified a nerve pathway in mice involved in the processing of rewarding and distressing stimuli and situations. The pathway, originating in a bundle of brain stem nerve ...

A new study suggests the vagus nerve may be one of the heart’s most important defenders against aging. Researchers found that ...

Partial paralysis occurs when nerve signals between the brain and specific muscle groups become interrupted, resulting in weakness or inability to move certain body parts while others remain ...

Auricular vagal neuromodulation therapy is a non-invasive and non-surgical treatment that could aid cardiovascular disease ...

Researchers have mapped the complex nerve pathways that supply brown adipose tissue, otherwise known as ‘brown fat'. It’s the first step in developing a way of stimulating the nerves to burn fat as a ...

This stock photo shows electroacupuncture being used in a clinical practice. This modern-day form of acupuncture augments traditional methods by passing a microcurrent of electricity through very thin ...