Diabetes can cause peripheral neuropathic pain, and new data suggest this can be treated with electric stimulation of the spinal cord. Investigators randomly assigned 60 patients with painful diabetic neuropathy to receive conventional treatment alone or in combination with spinal cord stimulation via electrodes implanted in the epidural space. The groups did not differ in pain intensity at baseline, but after 6 months of treatment, the patients receiving spinal cord stimulation reported amelioration of pain and improved quality of life compared with patients receiving standard care.