A Vertex drug hit its mark in a Phase 2 study in chronic pain, but faces questions about its performance versus placebo.

The BBC research found that across the UK one in four adults aged between 16 and 75 (26%) are living with chronic pain. The pain was so much "I pleaded with them, just take my leg off," Mrs ...

The first chronic health problem in Spain is back pain. Between 60 and 80 percent of the population will experience back pain ...

Living with chronic hip or leg pain can be debilitating and affect everything from your physical ability to your mental and ...

"I'm going to be in pain, and that is my life, and it's exhausting," one TikToker says of living with chronic pain.

Chronic pain - defined as pain that lasts longer than ... Later that day she lost all sensation in her right leg. That was the last time she made it to work. After several incorrect diagnoses ...

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapies for chronic back and/or leg pain is superior to conventional medical management (CMM) for reduced pain intensity and functional disability, new research ...

For chronic sciatica sufferers, pain relief is a priority, particularly because the chronicity implies that other pain-relief ...

"In the hips' socket, it's really shallow, so the actual top of my leg bone sticks out a little bit more than someone else's, ...

Leg pain can be either injury related or overuse related. Leg injury in soccer players usually involves contusion from a direct blow or a muscle strain from a stretch type injury. Treatment is ...

More information: Frank J. P. M. Huygen et al, Spinal Cord Stimulation vs Medical Management for Chronic Back and Leg Pain, JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44608 ...

Nerve stimulation company electroCore has signed an agreement to acquire NeuroMetrix and its Quell wearable device aimed at ...