Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also ...

Matthew Growdon's study finds "prescription cascades" where drug side effects lead to unnecessary second prescriptions, ...

The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain, inflammation and some types of cancer. Researchers at the ...

For patients with acute sickle cell disease (SCD) pain presenting to the emergency department (ED), guideline adherence for ...

Ric Flair has claimed that illegal pain medication may have been the reason for fellow WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan's death.

A 37-year-old woman presents as a new patient. Her past medical history consists of depression, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia ...

Leon Bellan, associate professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt, and his team have developed a novel ...

The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain, inflammation and some types of cancer. Researchers at the ...

Multiple teams have used powerful imaging, targeted placebo experiments, and AI to map and understand the brainstem’s pain ...

A new study finds that only one in three patients visiting emergency departments (EDs) for severe pain associated with sickle ...

The maker of Zepbound reported results from a study of retatrutide, which targets three hormones in the body and led to much more weight loss than any approved drug.

Another treatment is nerve ablation. In this procedure, doctors block the nerves causing pain by using heat or medicine. This ...