A North Carolina jury awarded $18.2 million to a mother and son for injuries allegedly caused during the boy’s birth. Naqah ...

A punch to the nose is one of the fastest ways to overwhelm the human nervous system. Within just 0.3 seconds, your brain, ...

Randomized trials of positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea have not shown a significant difference in ...

Physical pain is essential for survival, as it allows animals to detect when they are injured or unwell, seek shelter and address their ailments. Yet when it becomes chronic, pain can also become ...

Whether you’re aware of it or not, there’s an information superhighway running down each side of your neck right now. And every time you take a long, slow exhale, you’re using that highway — an ...

For millions battling chronic nerve pain, even the softest touch can feel agonizing — but scientists may have uncovered a radically new way to stop it at the source. Researchers at Duke University ...

It’s also commonly given for off-label uses (when a drug is prescribed for a condition other than what it’s approved for) like mood disorders and alcohol dependence, or neuropathic pain that don’t yet ...

You may be familiar with the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord. It processes information to make key decisions about bodily functions. Outside of this system is the ...

Yet in most cases, doctors cannot identify a clear structural cause, making long-term treatment difficult. A new study published in Volume 14 of the journal Bone Research on January 22, 2026, suggests ...

In a new study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Eroboghene Ubogu, M.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology and director of the Division of ...

Cannabis-based medicines have been widely promoted as a potential answer for people living with chronic nerve pain—but a major new review finds the evidence just isn’t there yet. After analyzing more ...