What is the point of pain? Particularly of extreme pain? That pain has a function is clear—it is a warning sign—to stop what one is doing, to take notice, to seek help. But extreme ...

Is chronic pain a separate brain function? A new study maps the neurological loop between the spinal cord and cortex that drives persistent pain.

Life is a beautiful tapestry woven with threads of joy, love, and happiness. Yet, intertwined within this tapestry are also threads of pain, loss, and sorrow. While we may yearn for a life free from ...

A team of researchers at Stanford University has mapped a specific brain circuit in mice that sustains chronic pain without ...

When Toby Moorsom was 19, he had a knee injury and, a few months later, a car accident. Following surgery to restore his mobility, he was prescribed strong pain medication. However, he wasn’t offered ...

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required no strong painkillers to manage their pain. In some ...

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 ...

Upper back pain is rarely a sign of cancer. More often, it’s a symptom of a different underlying condition that may require treatment. Back pain is very common, affecting an estimated 39% of adults in ...