Pain

The Supreme Court will consider a case that has had a chilling effect on medical practice

What causes them and how to protect yourself 

Ardem Patapoutian shared the physiology or medicine prize for work on mechanisms crucial to everything from bladder control to knowing where our limbs are

LSD and psilocybin increasingly show promise as mental health treatments. Now universities and companies are exploring their use in pain management

A new review digs into how the terrible lizards dealt with aches and pains

Fentanyl’s fast action is great for pain relief but adds to its risks

Growing evidence suggests a link

A new study adds to a heated debate about where pain signals are processed

Chronic pain can be in your neck, back and anywhere else. It can disrupt your work, your relationships and, by extension, your mental health. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers five tips to deal with the common challenge of chronic pain

If you find yourself taking headache medication more often than you'd like, try these drug-free approaches next time a headache looms

The brain can learn to associate certain images with more or less pain, even if the images never reach our awareness

Male and female mice are found to regulate pain sensitivity differently, a result which could explain why some drug experiments have failed