At the microscopic scale, the process behind muscle repair becomes increasingly complex. Healing also varies depending on the type of damage involved, as the body responds very differently to an acute ...

Researchers have demonstrated that PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 play key roles in sensing physical forces during childbirth.

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

The event is designed for individuals who feel they have exhausted all other options for managing persistent pain.

When labor begins, the uterus must coordinate rhythmic, well-timed contractions to deliver the baby safely. While hormones such as progesterone and oxytocin are key contributors to that process, ...

A woman who was hospitalised with sepsis after years of agony says doctors feared she had cancer before discovering the true ...

Paige Hughes, who is from Manchester, spent much of her adult life battling agonising cramps, fatigue and stabbing pains which were repeatedly dismissed as "just bad periods" ...

Scientists have discovered that the body can naturally dull pain through its own localized “benzodiazepine-like” peptides. A groundbreaking study led by a University of Leeds scientist has unveiled ...

In a new study, older adults who received acupuncture had less pain and better mobility than those who got medication or physical therapy. A new clinical trial in older adults finds that acupuncture ...

New research explores the link between distress and persistent pain in people with HIV and finds that inflammatory reactivity and hyperalgesia are not mediating factors. Distress is strongly ...

Nearly impossible to measure, quantify, convey, pain is a truly mysterious human sensation. For the last 25 years in my life as a neurosurgeon, I have seen a lot of pain and suffering firsthand, so ...