Researchers are developing promising suppression systems for painful conditions—even an app on your phone that turns the pain ...

In the ongoing search to find a pain intervention that does away with the need for opioids – and bypasses drugs altogether – ...

A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain -- offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments.

The opioid crisis has made it even more urgent to come up with novel approaches to treating suffering. Finally there’s ...

Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and deadly type of brain cancer, is known to have a very poor prognosis — but a new study suggests that a pain-relieving drug could extend survival. Researchers ...

The creator of "Dilbert," which was canceled by most newspapers over the creator's racist comments, says he has been ...

In an era of genomic medicine and artificial intelligence, doctors still ask patients to rate their pain from 0 to 10 or, in the case of very young children, with cartoon faces, ranging from ...

leading to heightened pain sensitivity and potentially explaining why pain medications are less effective for women. “Injury to a nerve can be debilitating. We know that a lot of preclinical ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new non-opioid painkiller is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than other pain treatments on UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s approved drug lists.

To manage the daily pain, frequent brain fog, and sporadic days of full-body exhaustion, my primary care doctor suggested a combination of nerve pain medication ... an inviting cartoon AI lady ...

For the last quarter century, one of the world’s most capable drug developers toiled to make a new, non-addictive kind of painkiller. The journey was fittingly excruciating. Pain, as Vertex ...

Dr. Sanjay Gupta said Tuesday that the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication is “a pretty big deal.” “This is a pretty big deal,” Gupta said. “As you just mentioned, it’s been ...