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 ...

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Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...

Pain isn't just a physical sensation-it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a fleeting injury into long-term suffering. Researchers at the Salk Institute have ...

But Bongiorno wasn’t asking for drugs — she simply wanted help. For two years, Bongiorno, 54, had been living with pain that she describes as a deep burning sensation far worse than kidney stones or ...

Salk scientists uncover a key neural circuit in mice that gives pain its emotional punch, opening new doors for treating fibromyalgia, migraine, and PTSD LA JOLLA (July 9, 2025)—Pain isn’t just a ...

A variety of pain-relieving drugs are available both over the counter and by prescription. SelectStock/Vetta via Getty Images Without the ability to feel pain, life is more dangerous. To avoid injury, ...

Both Vertex and Eli Lilly are entering the non-opioid pain management market, targeting the promising $20B+ opportunity. Vertex's Journavx, targeting NaV1.8, is FDA-approved and shows opioid-level ...

As detailed in a Stanford-led study published in Nature, researchers successfully created a replica of a neuronal pathway responsible for pain transmission in a lab dish called an “assembloid.” The ...

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This laboratory model could be used to help explain certain pain syndromes, and ...

Scientists have recreated a pathway that senses pain, using clusters of human nerve cells grown in a dish. Pain pathway in a dish could aid search for new analgesic drugs Scientists have re-created a ...