Researchers used visual threat manipulation in the virtual reality environment and thermal stimulation to investigate how the brain perceives pain. They found that the brain perceives pain more ...

Chronic pain is complex and difficult to treat. Prescribing opioid pain medications has become controversial but may help ...

We heal emotional pain with our innate ability to create value and meaning in our lives. That must be our focus, for it is ...

With the goal of informing clinician practice, a new study explores the harms and benefits of continuing and of discontinuing the long-term prescription of opioid medicines to adults with chronic pain ...

Life with chronic pain is a tough road and affects millions worldwide. Chronic discomfort can interfere with every activity from daily activities to emotional well-being. But the good news is that ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the opioid crisis in North America led many health care providers to realize they relied too heavily on ...

Pain under the left armpit may result from muscle damage or swollen lymph nodes due to an infection. However, it can also indicate a more serious problem, such as cancer or angina. The armpit is a ...

chest pain, and shortness of breath. Depending on your symptoms, you may not be experiencing emphysema or chronic bronchitis. Your symptoms may point to asthma in some cases. Asthma develops when ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he will prioritize preventing chronic disease, shifting funding from vaccine and infectious ...

Our understanding of pain, and especially chronic pain, is far behind where it should be. We don’t know what causes a person with an injury to develop chronic pain, or why it happens in some ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made clear in testimony before the Senate this week that if confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, his focus would be on chronic diseases over infectious ones.