The flow of electrical impulses is directed from the source of the pain along nerve fibers that connect to sensory neurons. Sensory neurons can also support complex movements like picking up utensils, ...

The duration of immobilization of distal radius fractures depends on whether these fractures can displace into an unacceptable position. Most radial fractures are liable to displace within the ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is an inflammation that damages your optic nerve. It can cause vision loss and pain when you move your eyes. As the inflammation goes away, your symptoms usually get better.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

According to NFL Media, Robertson suffered a broken humerus and underwent surgery Saturday night. Robertson was corraling Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin on second-and-4 from the ...

The radial side is made up of ... palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve. Make sure that the incision is long enough to expose the proximal and distal transverse carpal ligament.

If you have seizures which can’t be controlled with epilepsy medicines, and you are not able to have epilepsy brain surgery, then vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy may be an option for you. The ...

As if growing old, itself, were not bad enough, a study has found that concomitant rotator cuff tears in association with proximal humerus fractures are relatively common and are associated with older ...