A new study found that ADHD traits are more common in people with treatment-resistant chronic pain and are linked to greater ...

Deep within the brain, scientists have uncovered a hidden “switch” that may decide whether pain fades away—or lingers for ...

Millions of people who live with chronic pain hear some version of the same dismissal: the scan looks fine, so the problem ...

Author Rachel Zoffness breaks down why we have chronic pain and how science shows that it’s all in our head ...

Unlike acute pain—which acts as a protective signal after injury—chronic pain persists long after healing, often becoming a ...

A cross section of a mouse brain showing neurons involved in chronic pain (yellow) and acute pain (red) that project into the spinal cord from the rostral ventromedial medulla. Other neurons are shown ...

The placebo effect has long been dismissed as purely psychological, regarded as a mental trick with no real biological basis.

The study showed that silencing the specific cells that drive this circuit eased chronic pain while preserving acute pain responses—in other words, the body’s ability to signal danger. “A surprise to ...

Chronic muscle pain can be exhausting, both physically and emotionally, but science is uncovering new ways to understand and manage it. From identifying unique pain pathways to exploring innovative ...

Chronic pain was associated with a significantly increased risk for incident dementia, particularly in patients aged 60 years and older.

Neurological pathways ID’d in chronic back pain Greater connectivity between the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex areas of the brain increase the likelihood that back pain will become chronic.