Several reasons may account for rising chronic pain percentages, Mackey said. "Chronic pain prevalence increases with age," he told MedPage Today. "The U.S. population has a growing proportion of ...

That's the conclusion of a study of almost 5,000 older Britons tracked for 12 years. People who had both chronic joint pain ...

Americans dealing with chronic pain after past traumas sometimes go years without a diagnosis, or effective treatment.

A peptide hormone produced in the brain that triggers physiological reproductive responses has been 'hacked' by scientists to ...

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Research conducted by several medical centers across North America shows that by paying attention to trauma, stress, emotions ...

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University of Utah biomedical engineers Tom Riis and Jan Kubanek have developed the diadem device that uses ultrasound to ...

Scientists are turning to sonic relief, a drug free way to relieve the pain of both chronic pain and depression.

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A dramatic reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, according to results ...