A newly discovered neuron-released enzyme could transform pain treatment and reveal deeper secrets of how the brain learns.

Over-the-counter pain medications work as well or better than opioids after wisdom tooth extraction for both men and women, according to a Rutgers Health-led follow-up to a landmark paper on ...

The number of surgeries in the United States rises each year, with over 92 million performed in 2024. 1 For many patients, surgery is only half the battle. Managing pain afterward is often the greater ...

Tech companies are rushing to deploy AI everywhere. But because glaring issues remain with the tech, it’s almost inevitable that these efforts lead to public embarrassment when the AI malfunctions. In ...

“Opioids for longer-term, persistent chronic pain are not the best medications because of tolerance and other factors that may interfere with the long-term trajectory of opioid therapy,” Hooten said. ...

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There is a time for everything. Now is the time for the Department of Veterans Affairs to go opioid-free. When I first began practicing medicine at the VA, it was common to “prescribe” alcoholic ...

Chronic pain is one of the most common and expensive health problems in the nation, affecting an estimated one in five U.S. adults and costing around $600 billion each year in medical expenses, lost ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The guidelines address issues related to development and prescription of non-opioid pain drugs. They are part of ...

The opioid epidemic in the U.S. affects millions of lives, and experts know the addiction often starts after opioids are prescribed for pain after surgery. Researchers at the University of Maryland ...

The evolutionary trick of parasitic worm that sneakily burrows into the skin of its victims could provide new alternatives to opioid-based pain treatments. Opioids are currently used to treat moderate ...