Peripheral nerves, i.e., outside the brain and spinal cord, are destroyed and cause burning, numbness, and weakness in hands and feet.” Difficulty with memory: Agnosia is one chronic ...

Ulnar nerve entrapment happens when there’s pressure on the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve travels from the shoulder to the pinky finger. It can cause symptoms like muscle weakness and numbness.

The median nerve is one of many peripheral nerves that extend throughout the body. This nerve in particular provides important control of the hand, wrist, and forearm and is commonly associated ...

Diabetic neuropathy refers to nerve damage that develops gradually and is caused by long-term high blood sugar levels. While there’s no cure, managing blood sugar levels can slow its progression ...

Phleboliths are small, round lumps of calcium that form in a person’s veins. They may show up as white spots on pelvic X-rays. Treatment may not be necessary unless they cause pain. These ...

Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2007;4(8):432-443. JD Raman is a Chief Resident in Urology and DS Scherr is an Assistant Professor of Urology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical ...

While the majority of urothelial cancers (approximately 90-95%) arise in the bladder, upper tract urothelial cancers (UTUCs) correspond to a subset of urothelial cancers that arise in the lining of ...

Clinically referred to as paresthesia, this condition can be a sign of neuropathy, which is damage or dysfunction of the nerves. Tingling in the head may also arise due to neurological and autoimmune ...

Rob began a series of tests and surgeries to treat bladder cancer, prostate cancer and an aortic aneurysm. His cancers were removed, but nerve damage from his surgery left Rob unable to fully empty ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat ...

But in GBS, the immune system starts to destroy the myelin sheath that surrounds the axons of many nerve cells, and sometimes, the axons themselves. When this occurs, the nerves can’t send signals ...