Scientists have discovered that the body can naturally dull pain through its own localized “benzodiazepine-like” peptides. A groundbreaking study led by a University of Leeds scientist has unveiled ...
Background Pain and fatigue are among the most debilitating symptoms of systemic sclerosis (SSc), severely impairing quality ...
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that an intensive retreat combining multiple mind-body ...
Introduction Excessive opioid prescribing after surgery can lead to adverse events and exacerbate the opioid crisis. Patients undergoing outpatient breast surgery are often prescribed opioids to ...
New research explores the link between distress and persistent pain in people with HIV and finds that inflammatory reactivity and hyperalgesia are not mediating factors. Distress is strongly ...
Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...
Pain isn't just a physical sensation-it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a fleeting injury into long-term suffering. Researchers at the Salk Institute have ...
But Bongiorno wasn’t asking for drugs — she simply wanted help. For two years, Bongiorno, 54, had been living with pain that she describes as a deep burning sensation far worse than kidney stones or ...
Both Vertex and Eli Lilly are entering the non-opioid pain management market, targeting the promising $20B+ opportunity. Vertex's Journavx, targeting NaV1.8, is FDA-approved and shows opioid-level ...
Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This laboratory model could be used to help explain certain pain syndromes, and ...