The opioid crisis has made it even more urgent to come up with novel approaches to treating suffering. Finally there’s ...

Experiments in mice infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus revealed that the immune cell class in question, called nerve- and airway-associated interstitial macrophages, or NAMs, may keep the human immune ...

This time, thanks to a regional nerve block, her pain was well controlled. No opioids, no haze, just calm. That moment made me reflect on a larger question: Are we doing enough to personalize ...

Clinical studies have shown that ultrasound guided femoral nerve blocks provide greater pain reduction than intravenous or intramuscular opioids. However, the technique requires a high level of ...

The nationwide injunction, from a Maryland case, is more permanent than last month’s restraining order from a judge in Seattle. By Campbell Robertson and Mattathias Schwartz Campbell Robertson ...

In Sharpless' case, the Millcreek Township woman's tongue would move backward and block her ... and keeps their airway open by sending electrical pulses to the hypoglossal nerve that controls ...

When your tongue and other tissue in your throat fall back and block your airway, a small device called a hypoglossal nerve stimulator can help. About the size of a pacemaker, doctors put the ...

The difference between a straw and an i-gel is one will block vomit and potentially cause airway aspiration while a straw is unlikely to do that. It’s downright dangerous, and no mother wants a ...

Muscle slumping can partially or completely block the airways ... to deliver electrical jolts to the hypoglossal, the nerve that controls the tongue muscles responsible for keeping the upper airway ...

The research, conducted in mice, reveals a rare and mysterious cell type in the lungs that detects airway closure and relays the signal to the vagus nerve -- the information highway that connects ...