By Dan Murphy Pain management can be challenging for people with chronic pain conditions, but Steven Erosa, DO, at St. John’s ...

Research suggests that the nerve injury itself is to blame. Itch-sensing nerves, much like pain-sensing ones, can go haywire and begin sending excessive or inappropriate signals. This may happen when ...

When BYU women’s golfer Berlin Long began experiencing sharp nerve pain in her back and numbness running down her arm last ...

Whether it's the arm cutting incident in 127 Hours or the fingernail scene in Black Swan, there are plenty of movie moments that make us wince. Now, experts have revealed why that is the case.

In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling mechanism that takes place outside the cell, flipping on a 'pain switch.' This ...