I still remember when a patient woke up from hip surgery in tears—tears of relief. She had been terrified of waking up groggy and overwhelmed by narcotics, a stark contrast to her previous experience.

Neuropathic pain, a complex and often debilitating condition, presents a significant challenge to both patients and ...

Scientists develop lab-grown model of the human sensory pathway to investigate how pain signals are transmitted to the brain.

An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

Immediate use for the newly developed assembloids could include studying neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This ...

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

Fred Burrell, longtime owner and chef of Burrell’s Rib Cage in Santa Ana, died Tuesday, March 25, at age 74. For more than three decades, Burrell was best known for his smoked meats and business ...

The kidneys act as the body’s filter. They sit in the mid-back, just under the ribs. People may feel pain from the kidneys in their back or flanks. Some kidney problems develop when an infection ...

The recent series Adolescence has sparked widespread discussion, and so I watched it with a mix of trepidation and anticipation. While much attention has been given to toxic digital messaging, these ...

So far, however, the engineering of nerve-inspired systems that operate at biologically compatible frequencies and realistically replicate the function of nerves has proved challenging. Researchers at ...