What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain ...

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

Pain isn't just a physical sensation—it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a ...

Most people think of digestive problems as purely gastrointestinal in origin. Bloating, constipation, cramps, or acid reflux; ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be implementing prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that, in comparison to the control group, postoperative constipation ...

Trauma Sciatica can result from direct nerve compression caused by external forces to the lumbar or sacral spinal nerve roots. Examples include motor vehicle accidents, falling, and injuries sustained ...

Sacral nerve stimulation for treatment of severe idiopathic constipation improves bowel function and relieves the diverse symptoms associated with constipation. Symptom improvement is associated with ...

The locations of stimulation used in patients with supra-sacral spinal cord injury (SCI) or disease have been reported in a number of ways, including the bladder wall (1), the pudendal or dorsal ...

Dengler said the surgery isn’t a well-known option for spinal cord patients but is hoping to change that through greater awareness. She notes there has been some hesitation on the clinician side.