You brush off that tingling in your fingers as sleeping funny or sitting too long at your computer. But finger numbness isn’t always harmless — it can be your body’s early warning system alerting you ...

Numbness in the hands while sleeping is often due to the compression of blood vessels or nerves due to a person’s sleeping position. A person’s hands may also become numb during sleep due to carpal ...

Ever lost feeling in your fingers during a ride, had a numb foot during a long run, or felt pain in the brow after a swim? Nerve entrapment syndromes are the culprit – and they're really common in ...

A 50-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension presents with a chief complaint of left hand numbness. She reports a 6-month history of left hand numbness and tingling, primarily ...

Dear Dr. Douma: About three weeks ago, I awoke with no feeling in the tips of my index and middle finger of my right hand. The numbness spread to the tips of my other fingers, then to all of my ring ...

If you work in construction, manufacturing, or around other heavy machinery, you may be taking your work home with you in the way of aches and pains — but this equipment can also take a toll on the ...

If you’ve never taken your hands off your handlebars midride to shake out numbness or a pins and needles sensation, are you even a cyclist? Although we don’t have the data to know exactly how common ...

Nerve conditions can cause right-hand numbness. It may also be due to Raynaud’s disease, nutritional deficiencies, or injury. Treatment depends on the cause. In rare cases, numbness in the right hand ...

Mets reliever Bobby Parnell has a circulatory problem in the middle finger of his pitching hand and will have further tests to determine if a blood clot is causing the numbness. The hard throwing ...