Experts explain the science behind chronic pain and how to finally find relief with treatments that target your body and ...

Researchers are working on untangling the neural circuitry of chronic and acute pain. Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Pain is one of the most important and basic ...

Nobody likes to feel pain, but it’s something every person will experience at some point in their life. But why is that? I am a neuroscientist, and my job is to research why and how people feel pain ...

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 ...

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research this year, like how to keep brains young and how to ...

Using a brain implant that can record neural signals over many months, my research team and I have discovered objective biomarkers of chronic pain severity in four patients with chronic pain as they ...

When pain is the result of a misfiring pain alarm, try recalibrating the alarm by approaching pain as a safe sensation.

Use these mind-body techniques to help with pain from any cause: Inhale so it feels as if you’re breathing toward the pain; ...

Dear Reader: Pain serves as the body's warning system. It alerts you to an injury or when something, such as an infection, has gone wrong inside your body. Pain can also help in healing. It tells you ...

New research reveals previously unknown ways opioid receptors can function, opening the door to safer pain treatments.

We all deal with aches and pains. The sore back from yesterday’s workout. The tension headache after a stressful day. The occasional muscle twinge that comes and goes. Most bodily discomfort falls ...

Pain serves as your body’s alarm system, alerting you when something requires attention. While most aches and discomforts resolve on their own or with basic care, certain types of pain demand ...