Chronic pain is complex and difficult to treat. Prescribing opioid pain medications has become controversial but may help some patients. With the goal of informing clinician practice, a new study ...

The UK Biobank study suggests depression and inflammation may mediate some of the association, but clinical trials are needed ...

Chronic pain might quietly push people toward developing high blood pressure—and the more widespread the pain, the greater ...

Joint pain, headaches, stomachaches, fibromyalgia – the list sounds like an inventory of ailments that might plague people as they age. Yet these are chronic, painful conditions that frequently affect ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think about pain ...

One of us is an anesthesiologist. The other is a health economist and a pain patient. We've seen many people get trapped on ...

Chiropractic care offers safe and effective treatment for musculoskeletal conditions, particularly low back pain, neck pain, ...

‘Civil war’ in medical community on how to treat chronic pain leaves some patients terrified ‘beyond description’ The opioid epidemic that is sweeping the nation claimed a record 27,000 lives in 2014, ...

Chronic pain affects millions and often resists medical treatment. German researchers are exploring how the brain’s pain ...

"I was so disappointed when I learned Utah could soon move to ban kratom in all its forms. This decision would punish people ...

Caro Morales de Valencia’s pain started at age 13. Around the time of her first period, she was consumed by days of crippling abdominal pain, as well as overwhelming fatigue, dizziness, and nausea. As ...