Patients reported a significant reduction in pain scores in the months after starting the cannabis extract, which is not the same as smoking cannabis. An experimental cannabis extract could help ...

Scientists at the NYU Pain Research Center have identified which receptor in prostaglandins—the hormone-like substance targeted by common painkillers—causes pain but not inflammation. The findings, ...

It is a common misconception that because women are able to give birth and routinely deal with sometimes agonizing period cramps, they are somehow better able to tolerate pain than men. (It is ...

A sweeping analysis of nearly 10,000 patients reveals that knee braces, hydrotherapy, and exercise stand out as the most effective non-drug therapies for knee osteoarthritis. Unlike common pain ...

Ferdi Botha receives funding from the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (CE200100025). The degree of bodily pain reported by Australians ...

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In his book, “It Doesn’t Have to Hurt,” the neurosurgeon and medical journalist explores the latest science on relieving chronic pain. Sanjay Gupta has spent much of his career treating people in pain ...

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A guitarist in a death metal band was one of several people who found that personalized deep brain stimulation eased their pain and helped them reduce pain medication. A guitarist in a death metal ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...

Dr. Adriaan Louw has heard the term "pain revolution" before. The physical therapist and scientist has been researching chronic pain for more than 30 years. Over the decades, he has witnessed the rise ...