Chronic pain affects an estimated 100 million Americans, making it one of the most common long-term health conditions in the United States. While it is not typically life-threatening, its impact can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. Chronic pain often depends as much or more on the brain’s response ...

If your hips and knees function well and are totally pain-free, you might just take it for granted. When you need to power through a workout, kneel in your garden, or climb a set of stairs, you just ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with knee osteoarthritis, self-administered acupressure may yield a greater reduction in pain vs.

All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning ...

Most therapies for low back pain provide only short-term relief; it's unclear, however, whether benefits from cognitive functional therapy (CFT) may last longer. Investigators in this study performed ...

Chronic pain is a common problem, causing widespread, often silent, suffering. It not only reduces quality of life for those so afflicted, but it puts a strain on personal relationships and negatively ...

A gelatin memristor with 16 stable conductance states mimics biological pain perception, rating intensity, sensitizing after injury, and self-healing while directly controlling mouse muscle response.