Back pain is often brushed off as just another muscle strain, but it may actually indicate a slipped disc, a frequent culprit behind nerve-related problems. Dr. Sanjay Kapoor emphasizes that if you're ...

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 ...

Nerve ablation may ease pain from arthritis, nerve damage, or tumors. Procedures usually occur in hospitals or clinics and take 15 minutes to an hour. Pain relief from nerve ablation can last up to ...

Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation Katie Edwards is Commissioning Editor for Health and Medicine at The Conversation in the UK. Arshad Majid ...

Damage to the vertebral endplates can promote abnormal growth of pain-sensing nerves, increasing pain sensitivity. Researchers reveal that parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates bone cells to release ...

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 ...

Low back pain is nearly universal. About 80% of adults will experience it at some point in their lives. For many, symptoms resolve within weeks. For a significant minority, they do not — and that’s ...

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 ...

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