In an innovative stride for individuals suffering from urinary urge incontinence, Medtronic has developed a new implant that could significantly enhance patients’ quality of life. Positioned away from ...

To make life easier for people with a common bladder condition, Medtronic is digging in far away from urinary tract. Treatment for urinary urge incontinence can require pads, absorbent underwear and ...

What Is the Occipital Nerve? The occipital nerve is actually a group of nerves that give you feeling in your scalp. They branch off from larger nerves in your spinal cord. There are three kinds of ...

A study led by doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina and UMass Chan Medical School found that ultrasound-guided nerve blocks helped kids with broken thigh bones, also known as femurs, ...

Minimally invasive genicular nerve block may be an optimal alternative to surgical procedure as it provides pain relief and functional improvements among patients with knee osteoarthritis. Genicular ...

The sural nerve, positioned beneath the skin’s surface in the back of your lower leg, plays a critical role in your body’s sensory network. As a component of the peripheral nervous system, this nerve ...

It has been a nervous time for strapping, 6-ft. Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, British governor in Uganda. During all the long months when his Queen was proceeding on her majestic, globe-girdling tour of ...

Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background and aims: Peripheral nerve block (PNB) is commonly used, but there is a lack of data on its ...

Feeling from your knee down is relayed to your brain by the tibial nerve. This nerve is also responsible for sending messages from your brain down to your lower leg. The tibial nerve stems from your ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

A nerve block for migraine headaches involves an injection of a local anesthetic into the base of the skull or around the forehead near a nerve. It may decrease pain from migraines when ...