Diabetic neuropathy refers to nerve damage that develops gradually and is caused by long-term high blood sugar levels. While there’s no cure, managing blood sugar levels can slow its progression ...

Compression around the trigeminal nerve, a major nerve of the face and eye, can also be a cause of tingling in the head. This chronic condition, called trigeminal neuralgia (TN), primarily arises as ...

Roshni Shastri and Crispin Wiles argue that modern teaching has moved on, but Oliver Sweeney, Lucy Easton, and Steven Jacques say that it would be foolish to dispense with the practice entirely ...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) has historically been associated with focal cerebral arteriopathy and arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in children, and risk of AIS and myocardial infarction in adults. The ...

All had remote VZV exposure with VZV vaccination (median) 6.1 years prior. We observed recent VZV reactivation in patients with focal cerebral arteriopathy (4/32 [12.5%]) but not with arterial ...

Both Adair's father and sister survived, but after her sister's aortic dissection at the age of 49, Adair was determined to learn why it had happened. She, her father and her sister were diagnosed ...

Mathematicians have proven that Henry Dudeney’s 1907 four-piece dissection of an equilateral triangle into a square is optimal. Using matching diagrams, researchers from JAIST and MIT showed that no ...

The median nerve is one of many peripheral nerves that extend throughout the body. This nerve in particular provides important control of the hand, wrist, and forearm and is commonly associated ...

Due to the prevalence of chronic pain worldwide, there is an urgent need to improve pain management strategies. While opioid drugs have long been used to treat chronic pain, their use is severely ...

“A nerve and an artery and a vein sometimes look ... Beneath the table are buckets, saws and other tools needed for dissection. Overhead are video cameras. On the walls are large screens.

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Headaches on the right side of your head are often migraine, tension, or cluster ...