New non-opioid drug could finally bring relief to people with chronic nerve pain

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Burke Neurological Institute have created a new drug that may help people who suffer from long-lasting nerve...

This gout drug may lower the risk of joint replacement

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, affecting around 4% of the global population. It occurs when monosodium urate crystals build up in...

Vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids do not lower risk of frailty, study shows

Scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found that supplementation with vitamin D3 or marine omega-3 fatty acids does not reduce the risk of...

A new drug may stop nerve pain in cancer treatment

A new study has found that chemotherapy might cause pain by triggering stress and inflammation in immune cells—not just by damaging nerves. This discovery helps...

COVID vaccine technology could help protect muscles from snakebite damage

The same mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines may offer a powerful new way to prevent long-term muscle damage caused by snakebites. A new study...

New non-surgical treatment reduces knee pain in older adults

A recent study has found a new treatment that could be life-changing for people who suffer from knee pain, especially those aged 50 and...

Common painkiller can harm kidneys when combined with blood pressure meds

If you take medicine for high blood pressure, be careful when using ibuprofen, a common painkiller found in many stores. A new study by researchers...

Scientists develop new treatment for chronic pain

Chronic pain—pain that lasts longer than three months—affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. Experts estimate that about 10% of the global population...

Nerve injuries affect the whole immune system, study finds

Preclinical research from McGill University has found that nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system—and that the effects are different in...

Why some arthritis drugs stop working over time

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai may have discovered why some treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) stop working over time. Their research, published in the journal Science Immunology,...