New insights into what causes the painful and disruptive symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs) could offer hope for ...

In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...

Popular singer Sonu Nigam recently experienced severe pain due to a muscle spasm before performing in Pune. Despite the pain, ...

A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...

The FDA’s nod for suzetrigine bolsters confidence in the pharmaceutical industry’s strategy to target sodium channels.

One 2023 study found that camphor helped lessen sensitivity to nerve pain in mice. However, it is less well-researched than menthol for its benefits for pain management in humans. This product ...

Jesse Eisenberg directed movies Eisenberg has begun to take on more directing projects. As we mentioned above, A Real Pain is the second movie he has directed, preceded by When You Finishing Saving ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

In the quest for a reliable way to detect any stirrings of a sentient “I” in artificial intelligence systems, researchers are turning to one area of experience—pain—that inarguably unites ...