Nerve damage can be an unfortunate side effect from an accident, illness or even certain treatments, like chemotherapy. Fortunately, the peripheral nervous system can heal itself to a certain extent, ...

LONDON, (IANS) – Intermittent fasting helps change the activity of gut bacteria and increase their ability to recover from nerve damage, according to a study conducted on mice. Researchers from the ...

PHILADELPHIA - For years, scientists have been trying to make injured spinal cords grow back, with limited success. Lying awake in bed one night, neurobiologist Douglas H. Smith came up with an ...

At Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Ellen Heber-Katz (center) has discovered how to regenerate damaged nerves and other wounds in lab animals without scarring, such as the holes in the mouse ...

3D printing may be used to help grow new nerve fibers and restore quality of life for patients living with trigeminal nerve damage, which can cause numbness, tingling, and sudden, severe pain, ...

Exercise has undeniable benefits for body and mind, but a new study from engineers at MIT has found that the gains could ...

Exercise can have benefits at the level of neurons, through chemical and mechanical effects, researchers find. The discovery could inform exercise-related therapies for repairing damaged and ...

Injuries to the nerves can blind or paralyze because adult nerve cells don’t regenerate their connections. Now, a team of UConn School of Medicine researchers report in Development that at least a ...

When the spinal cord is injured, the damaged nerve fibers - called axons - are normally incapable of regrowth, leading to permanent loss of function. Considerable research has been done to find ways ...

StemWave acoustic wave therapy is now available in DuBois, Western Pennsylvania through Mercy Family Health, offering FDA-cleared technology that increases blood circulation and targets nerve damage ...

A Utah Little League player who returned to his home state from a hospital in Pennsylvania earlier this week has been diagnosed with nerve damage in his right eye, his family said on Facebook. Easton ...

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