Experts today are focusing on nerves and how the brain works instead of just looking at injured parts when studying pain science. It’s possible to manage stubborn aches by learning what’s causing them ...

Scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering receptors in the body, offering a potentially safer alternative to conventional pain medications.

New research has found that chronic pain begins in a certain group of neurons near the brainstem. In the face of something that threatens survival, these neurons can produce a molecule that acts as a ...

Men and women experience pain differently, and until now, scientists didn’t know why. New research says it may be in part due to differences in male and female nerve cells. Pain-sensing nerve cells ...

If a person hides their own hand and focuses on a rubber hand instead, they may perceive it as part of their own body under certain conditions. What sounds like a gimmick could one day be used to help ...

Although there are still many unknowns about debilitating chronic pain, scientists have found the brain region chronic pain is processed in. Credit: Robina Weermeijer, Unsplash When you stub your toe, ...

When she was only 14, Catherine Charlwood noticed a swelling in her right forearm. It was accompanied by a heavy muscular ache that made daily activities difficult. As a talented clarinettist at a ...

Your thoughts, beliefs, and expectations—your mindset—can impact your health, how quickly you heal, and how well medications work for you. It’s important to develop new drugs and surgical techniques ...

That’s not something you’d expect to hear from a doctor, especially one with the bona fides of Haider Warraich, a Brigham and Women’s Hospital physician and assistant professor at Harvard Medical ...