Spinal cord injury patient can move his hand thanks to rewired nerves. May 15, 2012— -- A 71-year-old quadriplegic man can move his fingers after surgeons "stole" healthy nerves from his arm and ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Dec. 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Using a nerve blocker before surgery to correct cleft palate can reduce or eliminate the need to prescribe infants opioids ...

Shortly after being diagnosed with hypothyroidism, Centennial Hills resident April Anderson began experiencing numbness and burning sensations in her hands and feet. “It got to the point where I could ...

Frankie Grande, 42, revealed he underwent cervical spine surgery to relieve pressure on the nerves in his neck after dealing ...

Australian Paul Robinson, now 34, broke a vertebrae when he landed on his head in a dirt bike accident in 2015. It left him confined to a wheelchair and rarely able to leave his home. “I had no motor ...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - At 70, Curt Bazemore, a retired Forsyth County physical therapist and athletic trainer turned full-time grandpa-pickleball player-golfer, has had both knees replaced. The surgery ...

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Nerve surgery can reduce the number of headache days for people who suffer frequent migraines, a new review finds. The procedure also can decrease the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks, ...

SAN DIEGO — Among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy who also had a compressed nerve behind the knee and were in pain despite medical therapies, those who had nerve-decompression surgery had ...

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for coup plotting, received a phrenic nerve block to ...

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12 (UPI) --Patients whose nerves are frozen before knee surgery had shorter hospital stays, fewer symptoms, and required fewer opioid painkillers, researchers said after an analysis ...

Nerves may play a critical role in stomach cancer growth and that blocking nerve signals using surgery or Botox® (onabotulinumtoxinA) could be an effective treatment for the disease. Stomach cancer is ...