The number of people with chronic pain has increased substantially in recent years, and the reason isn’t completely clear. A report, issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ...

How does your doctor actually prescribe opioid medication? Why is it hard to get a refill? What are the best solutions to ...

"Looking out the Window" by Peter Vilhelm Ilsted (1861-1933) Source: Public Domain I’ve done my share of denying that I’m chronically ill. It’s tempting to pretend that I’m as healthy as can be, but ...

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 ...

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will plan and host a public workshop on Treatment and Management of Chronic Pain. The workshop speakers and ...

Interdisciplinary multimodal pain treatment is associated with modest improvements in quality of life among adults with ...