By Crystal Lindell If you’ve ever shared with a doctor medical information or advice you found online, there’s a good chance they were a bit annoyed or defensive. After years spent in medical school ...

By Pat Anson What makes someone “misuse” a medication? Does it mean they’re addicted? Are they trying to get high? Do they ...

By Crystal Lindell When I first developed intercostal neuralgia in 2013, I was so undermedicated and in so much pain that ...

By Pat Anson The high cost of healthcare is a big problem for many Americans. A KFF survey recently found that about one in ...

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News Bill McAdams, a 45-year-old travel nurse from Holiday, Florida, was ...

By Crystal Lindell Just as federal, state and local governments look to ban various forms of kratom, researchers at ...

By Pat Anson Just days before the midterm elections, the Trump Administration is taking full credit for a recent decline in ...

By Crystal Lindell Bowen Wan was a 31-year-old immigrant from China who had made a new life for herself in the United States.

The first clinical trials in the United States for a cannabis-based medicine for chronic pain are getting underway. New York State has authorized a clinical trial of VER-01 in patients with chronic ...

The University of Oklahoma has received a $3.4 million dollar federal grant to help Native Americans with chronic pain – and they’re going to spend all of it on an app. The money, which is coming from ...

Actress Christina Applegate told the world this week that her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis was actually a misdiagnosis. It was an incredible act of bravery -- especially since she has become a ...