Cancer patients in Nigeria face a significant hurdle: neuropathic pain. This type of pain is tricky to manage and can seriously affect a person's quality of life. A recent study tried to figure out how common this issue is and what makes it worse for these patients. In Nigeria, dealing with cancer is tough enough without the added burden of nerve pain. This pain isn...
Scientists have created a new method to study the electrical activity of individual nerve cells. These nerve cells are known as nociceptors. They are responsible for transmitting pain signals. The new tool combines advanced technology with a clever design to capture the electrical responses of individual nerve fibers. This could help in developing better treatments f...
Spinal cord injuries are a serious matter. They can lead to lifelong disabilities. Researchers have been looking into different ways to help people recover. One interesting find is a drug called metformin. It's typically used to manage diabetes. But scientists are now exploring if it can help with spinal cord injuries. Metformin has shown promise in animal studies. ...
Firstly, it is clear that diabetes is difficult to manage and the nerve problem that comes with it known as Neuro or nerve pain is a massively stressful problem to deal with. It can greatly affect people's day to day lives and mental health. Research conducted on 6, 960 people with diabetes sheds light on the intertwined challenges. The study looked at the differen...
Imagine you've had a spinal cord injury. You're one of the many who now live with neuropathic pain (NP), a debilitating condition that often doesn't respond well to medications. But what if there was another way to combat this pain? Enter exoskeletons: these robotic suits could help people with spinal cord injuries walk again, and researchers want to find out if that...
You know how sometimes the internet seems to know everything? Well, researchers have been checking out how AI can help teach us about neuropathic pain. They've been looking at two AI models, GPT-3. 5 and GPT-4, to see if they can answer questions about this type of pain accurately and consistently. Neuropathic pain is different from regular pain because it's caused b...