Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not ...

Over 50 million people in the U.S. live with chronic pain, a third of which have had their entire lives stopped because of it ...

Compare Inpatient Rehab examined data from the CDC's National Health Interview Survey to examine the chronic pain epidemic.

Researchers identify the hippocampus and microglia as the "tipping point" that determines if chronic pain leads to depression or resilience.

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is being used in a new study funded by the NIH at University of California San Francisco to treat chronic pain, and so far has shown a 60% reduction in pain in six ...

While some pain may become more frequent as we age, it doesn’t mean we have to accept it as unavoidable or rely only on ...

Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Themes. She receives Royalties from Cambridge University Press for Brain ...

Neuropathic pain is a devastating type of pain that significantly reduces the quality of life of affected people.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- U.S. Army veteran Pamela Richardson likes relaxing in her yard, but the pain she feels where her leg was amputated never lets her rest. "My leg actually trembles and ...

Discover how radiofrequency ablation offers long-term pain relief for chronic sufferers, bridging the gap between temporary ...

Researchers have discovered a non-opioid compound that, in mice, effectively reduced the pain hypersensitivity associated with chronic and often debilitating nerve pain caused by diabetes or ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...