A major challenge in self-powered wearable sensors for health care monitoring is distinguishing different signals when they occur at the same time. Researchers addressed this issue by uncovering a new ...

A retired army veteran in Ohio was one of the first in the nation to receive an implant that uses motion-sensor technology to relieve chronic pain, according to a Youngstown Vindicator report. The ...

If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you'll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it.

(A) Common devices and sensors for pain assessment mounted on different accessories or skin. (B) Key physical and chemical biomarkers that reflect pain conditions and can be measured by current devices ...

When we feel pain in response to harmful stimuli it is the result of messages sent from pain sensors in the periphery of the body to the brain. These pain sensors – or nociceptors – often lie beneath ...

Robots are starting to flinch. New generations of electronic skin can register heat, pressure and even damaging force, then ...

Most of us know what it’s like to suffer from some sort of back pain. But because it’s so common yet caused by many different factors—and also subjective to the patient—it’s hard for clinicians to ...

For decades, people with diabetes have relied on finger pricks to withdraw blood or adhesive microneedles to measure and manage their glucose levels. In addition to being painful, these methods can ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – When it comes to recovery after spinal surgery, it turns out that your level of pain may not be the best indicator that you’re getting better, say researchers at Ohio State ...