A dysfunctional signaling pathway in the hippocampus has been linked to chronic pain-related memory impairment in mice.

If we don’t keep our hand on the burner, the pain recedes, the emotions wane, the tissues heal, and sometimes scar to serve as a permanent reminder to not touch a hot burner again. Through this ...

Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around four in every 10 patients treated with these drugs, suggests a pooled data analysis of the ...

Women's pain is often misdiagnosed or ignored. But what's being done about it? We asked women and MDs to weigh in on.

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She had been in pain for the entire 90-minute flight. Her abdomen was so distended and tender that she felt as if it might ...

Dissociation is the brain’s defense against overwhelming stress, involving altered brain regions, neurotransmitters, and hormones. Dissociation can impair emotions and memories.

Chronic Pain Can Be Predicted Within Three Days of ... on different biological systems for pain relief, which could help explain why our most powerful pain medications are often less effective ...