Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foot pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal problems, affecting up to 87% of people during their lives. This pain can ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 68-year-old woman who is in relatively good health. My primary exercise is walking my dogs anywhere from 2-5 miles per day. I have two Morton's neuromas in my left foot, and ...

The translabyrinthine approach is an option for removing a benign ear tumor called an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma. Surgeons make an incision behind the ear and remove bone from the inner ...

People who have had a limb amputated often experience phantom limb pain and neuromas (painful, scarred nerve endings). Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) surgery can help relieve the pain by ...

Hearing loss, ringing in your ear, unexplained dizziness - many people might think it's just the typical signs of aging. But for some, it can be much more: Acoustic neuromas, although rare, can be ...

Podiatrist Dr. Michael Sherwin watches patients’ feet for common conditions, including bunions and hammer toes, corns and calluses, fungal toenails, pinched nerves on the balls of the feet known as ...

Patients with a genetic syndrome called NF2-related schwannomatosis (NF2-SWN) have tumors that develop on the covering of the brain or grow along the nerves in the brain, spinal cord, and/or other ...

For patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS), those with anxiety have more severe dizziness, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Patients with a ...

Foot and ankle surgeries are procedures to treat foot and ankle conditions. You may need surgery if other treatment options haven’t helped. At University of Utah Health, our foot and ankle surgeons ...