Previous studies have suggested that children exposed to opioid pain medications while in the womb have higher rates of ...

Research indicates that men and women experience pain differently due to biological, hormonal, and neurological variations. Women are generally more s ...

About a third of U.S. older adults have chronic low back pain and it’s the leading cause of disability worldwide. A new study ...

Audrey was in seventh grade when her bones started breaking: eight in total, over six months. Some of them broke dramatically ...

Picture being put into a hot frying pan, he said, and then someone holding you down on that pan forever. The fiery, shooting ...

A new study found that acupuncture treatment for older adults with chronic back pain could notably help their pain levels and ...

According to a recent study, older Americans with chronic low back pain who received acupuncture had greater improvement in ...

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According to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), older Americans with chronic low back pain who ...

Gupta's new book examines the world of pain — why we feel it, and how we can treat it. He says distraction and meditation can ...

Joint pain can be caused by a number of biological, psychological, and social factors. The most common cause of joint pain is different types of arthritis. There is a wide availability of medications ...

A new study explores personalized deep brain stimulation for chronic pain sufferers, offering hope for those unresponsive to ...