Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...

Suffering from chronic pain? Or are you a person who is constantly anxious? Luckily an NHS doctor has revealed a rather ...

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 ...

The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy behaviors may help protect the brain as people get older. The study is published in ...

A new study has found that people living with chronic pain tend to be more perfectionistic, less self-compassionate and – depending on the measure – less confident in their ability to cope. These ...

A systematic review of 45 studies found that physicians perceive one in six patient visits in non-psychiatric clinics as ...

A clinical psychologist explains her research on the brain, suffering, and culture—and what she’s learned about God’s ...

Researchers have reported that supplying healthy mitochondria to damaged nerve cells can reduce pain in models of diabetic ...

Many chronic pain patients cite the weather as a driver of their suffering, and climate change is making the torment more ...

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