Patterns of the Risk for Depression among Midlife Women: The SWAN Study. Psychology, 16, 1051-1066. doi: ...

Objectives Night work disrupts sleep, which may increase inflammatory processes, pain sensitivity and pain perception. We ...

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CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta vividly remembers the day he impaled himself on a wrought iron fence. He had just turned 12, and he was running through the neighborhood when he ...

Historically, pain has been divided into two neat categories: physical and emotional. But the more we learn about its neurobiology, function, and treatment, the thinner that dividing line becomes.

Ed Mowery, the founder and lead singer of a death metal band, suffered unfathomable pain for decades: "It was 24/7, 365," he said, likening it to "lightning bolt razor snakes in my legs and nerve pain ...

Ben Shelton waves goodbye to fans after his third-round match at the 2025 US Open. / IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire American tennis star Ben Shelton has made strong runs in recent Grand Slams. There is no ...

Everyone deals with random aches and pains from time to time — indeed, muscle pain is a part of life. But when it comes to a sharp pain in the front of your thigh, there are several possible causes.

No spine is perfectly straight, but people with scoliosis have more significant curvature than people without scoliosis, often more than 10 degrees out of alignment. These curves are called S-curves ...

Christina Applegate recorded the latest episode of her “MeSsy” podcast from a Los Angeles hospital bed where she revealed she’s been hospitalized with “so ...

After the FDA's landmark approval of the opioid-free acute pain reliever Journavx in January, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has hit a snag on its path to expand the potential blockbuster’s reach into ...

Stepping into a virtual forest or waterfall scene through VR could be the future of pain management. A new study shows that immersive virtual nature dramatically reduces pain sensitivity almost as ...