Experts highlight “nociplastic pain,” a newly defined pain mechanism changing how chronic pain is understood and treated Many chronic pain patients suffer not from damage, but from a sensitized ...

How many innocent lives must be harmed before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changes course on prescription opioids? The CDC recently released opioid guidelines, a recommendation for ...

Two new studies published in Anaesthesia analyzing pain and other factors connected with day surgery in the UK show that ...

An Ohio State University survey of 1,004 individuals showed 72%, 69% and 66% were unaware that knee, groin or thigh pain, respectively, can be a sign of hip osteoarthritis.“Most patients do not equate ...

A shortage of prescription opioids is causing people with severe pain to scramble to find their medicine, Long Island doctors and pharmacists say. The federal government over the past decade ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating, chronic syndrome that causes sudden, severe, electric shock-like pain in the face, according to a news release from University Hospitals. While TN ...

Medical cannabis could be a substitute for opioids in patients with chronic pain, but more data are needed, according to an ...

What would it be like to live pain free? That question crossed Dan Owens' mind numerous times as he lay in bed for nearly a year. Dan suffered excruciating back pain, barely managing to make his way ...

Inequities in health care are pervasive, from access to quality of care, and a new study finds that common opioids such as codeine and morphine are more often prescribed to white patients than to ...

Do red-haired people really experience pain differently and need more anesthesia? Read on to learn what the latest research ...

Many chronic pain patients cite the weather as a driver of their suffering, and climate change is making the torment more ...