After only one to three days of a whiplash injury, scientists can predict which patients will develop chronic pain based on the extent of cross 'talk' between two regions of the brain, and the ...

After becoming pain patients themselves, these physicians say they faced a system built to treat anatomy, not suffering. The lessons were humbling — and transformative.

Individuals with chronic back pain reported significantly higher levels of auditory sensitivity compared with pain-free controls, but therapy may mitigate this sensitivity, according to findings ...

WASHINGTON — Chronic pain, sleep disorders and increasing health challenges were identified as risk factors that veterans most frequently reported to doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs ...

For decades, differences in pain between men and women have often been attributed to psychological, emotional or social ...

Chronic pain affected nearly one in four U.S. adults, new CDC survey data showed. In 2023, 24.3% of adults had chronic pain lasting 3 months or longer, reported Jacqueline Lucas, MPH, and Inderbir ...

A new study has found that people living with chronic pain tend to be more perfectionistic, less self-compassionate and – depending on the measure – less confident in their ability to cope. These ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Vertex Pharmaceuticals said Thursday that its closely watched drug, suzetrigine, ...

Patients with chronic back pain reported heightened unpleasantness of auditory stimuli and mechanical pressure.

If you suffer from chronic back pain – or a range of other types of persistent neurological pain – chances are you've been prescribed gabapentin to offer some relief at one point or another. Although ...

Hormone-regulated immune cells produce IL-10 to resolve pain more effectively in males, offering a potential new target for non-opioid chronic pain treatments.

Despite growing off-label use, ketamine and related NMDA blockers show no reliable evidence of easing chronic pain, highlighting the urgent need for safer and more effective treatments. Review: ...