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A treatment called occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) has been found to reduce both the frequency and severity of headaches in patients suffering from chronic cluster headaches. The new trial results, published in The Lancet Neurology, suggest low doses… Continue reading Electric nerve stimulation effectively treats severe cluster headaches
New research led by scientists from UT Southwestern suggests a novel combination of three old antibiotics may be repurposed into an alternative to opiates for a particular kind of nerve pain.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Nerves, Pain, Pain Rel… Continue reading Alternative to opioids found in trio of old antibiotics
One common symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) is vision impairment, and it can progress to blindness in some cases. Now, researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) report a drug that was able to reverse that vision loss in mice.Contin… Continue reading Remyelinating drug could help restore lost vision in MS patients
In a new study, German scientists have restored the ability to walk in mice that had been paralyzed after a complete spinal cord injury. The team created a “designer” signaling protein and injected it into the animals’ brains, stimulating their nerve c… Continue reading Designer protein helps paralyzed mice walk again in breakthrough study
A promising new study, published in the journal Nature Immunology, is describing the discovery of a novel kind of immune cell with the apparent ability to not only prevent the progressive neurological degeneration associated with diseases such as multi… Continue reading Immune cell discovery offers hope of reversing neurodegenerative disease
Scientists have identified a chemical compound that may unlock new treatments for autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS). In tests on cell cultures and rats, the team found that anacardic acid, which occurs in the shell of cashew nuts, seemed… Continue reading Cashew shell compound helps repair MS nerve damage in rats
Goosebumps are a weird quirk of our bodies that science doesn’t fully understand. Now, researchers at Harvard have uncovered a biological reason for the reaction: it’s our bodies’ way of stimulating stem cells to drive new hair growth.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Harvard study finds that stem cell stimulation gives us goosebumps
As some readers may already know, in-ear stimulation of the vagus nerve can help relieve pain in other parts of the body. Thanks to new research by Austrian scientists, such treatments could soon be more effective than ever.Continue ReadingCategory: Me… Continue reading Digital nerve map could be a shot-in-the-ear for pain relief
While the majority of tissues in the human body can regenerate after injury, some of the most important ones can’t. That includes axons, the long nerve fibers that pass signals between neurons. But now, researchers at Temple University have found that … Continue reading Molecule injections help repair spinal cord injuries in mice
An international team of scientists is reporting success with one of the most advanced bionic arms ever made. The system is integrated into the patient’s nerves, allowing them to control the prosthesis just by thinking about it, the way you would with … Continue reading Mind-controlled prosthetic arms “feel” like the real thing