We all feel physical pain in different ways, but people with nerve injuries often have a dysfunctional pain suppression system, making them particularly prone to discomfort. Now researchers have ...

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nalu Medical Inc. (“Nalu”) revealed significant findings from a landmark clinical trial evaluating the Nalu Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) System utilizing their ...

Professor Fan Wang’s research is zeroing in on brain circuits that control the perception of pain. Her work could one day make it possible to manage pain without opioids. Fan Wang spends most of her ...

Researchers at Duke University recently identified specific neurons in the central amygdala that appear to "turn off" pain during general anesthesia, even if there is no loss of consciousness. This ...

Competitive Technologies Inc. says it got a U.S. patent on a critical piece of technology used in the Fairfield firm’s electronic pain-therapy device. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued ...

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain. Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the ...

Pain is good. It’s the body’s way to keep an animal from harming itself or repeating a dangerous mistake. But sometimes the debilitating sensation can get in the way. So evolution has devised ways to ...