Pain is a complex physiological and psychological phenomenon that is subjective in nature. Pain is still one of the most challenging prevalent problems. Worldwide, the prevalence of chronic pain ...

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain. Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the ...

Scientists have discovered that female hormones like estrogen and progesterone can trigger immune cells near the spinal cord to release natural opioids, easing pain before it reaches the brain.

"One of the causes, we think, is a disc that degenerates, and a pain mechanism that hasn’t been exactly elucidated. This study is suggesting a likely mechanism for a disc to become painful.” The ...

Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain. Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near ...

6 Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Research Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences and Keele Clinical Trials Unit, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK The need for pain to be avoided ...

The dog needed regular steroids to manage pain, but the long-term side-effects were worrying. Sarin then learnt about Bowen therapy and embraced it. "After treatment, our dog gradually stopped ...

Some potential causes of lower back and leg pain include sprains or strains, unbalanced posture, sciatica, and arthritis. Rest, hot or cold therapy, and physical therapy may help. Sometimes ...

Dull or burning pain between your belly button and your breastbone is common with stomach ulcers. Symptoms like burping, vomiting, and feeling uncomfortable after a meal are also possible.

But statins can cause some unwanted symptoms, such as muscle pain. Doctors don’t understand the exact cause of statin-related muscle pain. But there’s evidence that these drugs might change ...

Pain in the side, also known as flank pain, has many causes, including injury to the muscles in the side and back or dysfunctions of nearby organs. Share on Pinterest Illustrated by Jason Hoffman ...