It's not just strong opiate-based medications that can cause headaches. Common painkillers like paracetamol and NSAIDs ...

Using powerful 7-Tesla brain imaging, researchers mapped how the brainstem manages pain differently across the body. They ...

Your lower back is the silent foundation of every squat, press, and movement you make. By adopting this simple, ...

Dr. Adriaan Louw has heard the term "pain revolution" before. The physical therapist and scientist has been researching chronic pain for more than 30 years. Over the decades, he has witnessed the rise ...

One in seven people experience migraine’s disabling reach. Millions more, including me, endure other headache disorders. I ...

New research reveals that the human brain contains a built-in pain map that activates in different regions when relieving ...

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps ...

Nobody likes to feel pain, but it’s something every person will experience at some point in their life. But why is that? I am a neuroscientist, and my job is to research why and how people feel pain ...

We see in movies that people place their left hand on their chest during a heart attack, but do you know why this happens?

The healing power of song may sound intuitive given music’s deep roots in human culture. But the science of whether and how music dulls acute and chronic pain — technically called music-induced ...