Neuroscientist Kevin Hellman initially came to Endeavor Health’s Evanston Hospital to research chronic pain in the brain stem. In 2013, he collaborated with researchers from the Gynecology Research ...

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 ...

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Sometimes, a study on one topic can reveal important issues in another. Case in point: A recent Lancet study explored what a person’s life was like before they developed chronic pain — the diseases ...

For decades, we erroneously believed that pain was a purely biomedical phenomenon – due exclusively to biological processes like tissue damage, genetics, and system dysfunction alone. Pain was ...

Over 65% of U.S. veterans suffer from chronic pain, a rate higher than the general population. The VA's reduction in opioid prescriptions has left many veterans seeking alternative pain management ...

Over 20% of us adults experience chronic pain, research shows, and the prevalence is only increasing. Studies indicate that ...

Share on Pinterest New research indicates that a healthy, antioxidant-rich diet may help reduce pain. Darren Muir/Stocksy Recent research found that a higher-quality diet, rich in whole, ...