The brains of infants may process pain differently from those of adults. What any of this feels like we still don’t know.

Chronic pain affects millions of people in the US. Targeting an oft-overlooked brain receptor could one day offer relief.

Up to 4% of women may be affected by a condition that can cause intense genital pain, burning, buzzing and tingling and other ...

Healthbeat reports tick populations are rising in the Northeast, raising tick-borne disease risks. Here’s how to stay safe.

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The one-year transition pattern of reported pain was similar in different body regions and among men and women. Furthermore the one year prevalence rates of long-lasting pain in the population ...

You can be your hips’ hero by taking steps to keep them strong and pain-free. Aim for three sets of each move, and ...

Delivering the lecture on the theme “Beyond Movement: Addressing Musculoskeletal Disorders as a Public Health Imperative,” at the University of Ghana, last Thursday, he revealed that more than 70 per ...

A new study reveals that when we experience short-term (acute) pain, the brain has a built-in way to dial down pain signals - like pressing the brakes - to keep them from going into overdrive. But in ...

India faces a surge in viral fevers, dengue, and typhoid during monsoons due to stagnant water, humidity, and poor sanitation ...

Over a week after Juliana Marins was found dead following a fall from Mount Rinjani, an active volcano in Indonesia, coroners ...

In acute pain, IA increases – acting like a natural sedative for the pain pathways – but in chronic pain, this current ...