Although often invisible, chronic pain is everywhere. More than one-quarter of Americans have pain lasting more than three months. With medical treatment and lost productivity costs of up to $635 ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which diabetes mellitus damages nerves in the body, leading to chronic pain, affects roughly 37 million people in the United States and 460 million ...

Chronic low back pain is one of the most prevalent and disabling medical conditions worldwide. Chronic low back pain can interfere with work, family life, and overall wellbeing. Despite advances in ...

Sometimes, a study on one topic can reveal important issues in another. Case in point: A recent Lancet study explored what a person’s life was like before they developed chronic pain — the diseases ...

In my medical practice, I specialize in psychophysiological disorders (PPDs), i.e., disorders caused by stress and emotional reactions to traumatic life events. As I’ve written about in earlier blog ...

Many people with fibromyalgia describe the chronic condition as a "bad case of the flu that never goes away," because they have widespread pain, wake up with stiff muscles and experience brain fog, ...

Dermatology experts outline stepwise evaluations and multidisciplinary treatment approaches for penodynia and vulvodynia in ...

Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Although often invisible ...