Neuropathy, characterized by nerve damage causing discomfort, tingling, and pain, affects millions worldwide. This condition can severely impact daily life, leading to decreased mobility, chronic pain ...

Pain, as Vertex Pharmaceuticals found out, is wildly complex. It starts simple enough, with a sliced hand or burned finger or broken bone. But it convolutes fast. Special nerve cells, activated by ...

It's believed that over 20 million Americans suffer from some form of damage to their nerves, or neuropathy. For the afflicted, pain, tingling or numbness often begins in the hands or feet.

has led to an increase in peripheral neuropathy—nerve damage, typically in the hands and feet—that causes weakness, loss of sensation and, in some, a stabbing, burning, or tingling pain.

Clinical studies have shown that ultrasound guided femoral nerve blocks provide greater pain reduction than intravenous or intramuscular opioids. However, the technique requires a high level of ...