Staying physically active improves pain modulation and reduces the risk of older adults developing chronic pain, according to new research by Kelly Naugle and colleagues at Indiana University-Purdue ...

A noninvasive, home-based brain treatment with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can reduce pain severity, improve pain-related disability, and enhance endogenous pain modulation in women ...

Sex differences in the prevalence, severity, and disability associated with pain are well documented in both clinical and preclinical research. Despite ...

The need to recognize and manage chronic nociplastic pain has become integral to rheumatology practice, as research over the past half-decade has affirmed that when central sensitization is present, ...

A team led by Prof. Bozhi Tian at the University of Chicago has built an implantable patch that borrows its core chemistry ...

51.6 million Americans live with chronic pain. A new device created by USC biomedical engineers could help sufferers avoid the need for opioids. Image/Karolina Grabowska, Pexels. Chronic pain is a ...

Expert ideas for treating chronic pain. Source: PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay In this era of the opioid epidemic, it’s evermore important to find effective tools for treating chronic pain. These 10 ...

Pain responses are triggered in response to physical injury as well as psychological or emotional stressors. However, the mechanisms underlying social or emotional pain transmission are poorly ...