The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy ...

Chronic pain has long forced patients into a trade-off between constant discomfort and the side effects of powerful drugs. A ...

When pain is the result of a misfiring pain alarm, try recalibrating the alarm by approaching pain as a safe sensation.

Your brain doesn't have to age on autopilot. New research shows we can slow—and potentially reverse—brain aging.

Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney are testing a new way to treat chronic nerve pain by training the ...

New research shows that your brain’s “true age” can shift dramatically depending on how you live, with optimism, restorative sleep, stress management, and strong social support acting like powerful ...

As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t have a physical cause. It’s a mind-body thing, I say, related to stress and emotions. To many, this sounds ...

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, ...

But Bongiorno wasn’t asking for drugs — she simply wanted help. For two years, Bongiorno, 54, had been living with pain that she describes as a deep burning sensation far worse than kidney stones or ...

Wilson's memory is spotty, she's frequently in pain, and even a short walk leaves her exhausted. "I actually bought a cane that turns into a seat so I can go to the botanical garden," she says. It's a ...

September is Pain Awareness Month, and more than 51 million Americans report living with chronic pain. Over the past couple of decades, experts say increased prescriptions of opioid medications were ...

A new study reveals something about pain that's counterintuitive: back pain can occur in the absence of tissue damage due to learned neural circuits in the brain. Why it matters: Every year, the ...