Women suffer more. But why? A new study points to an immune mechanism that differs between women and men, which may affect the duration of pain after trauma.

September is Pain Awareness Month, and more than 51 million Americans report living with chronic pain. Over the past couple of decades, experts say increased prescriptions of opioid medications were ...

Living with chronic pain can be debilitating. Routine medications are common in pain management, but they often come with their own side effects. Opioid addiction is a significant public health ...

An intense description of suffering arrived in a mailing from an expressive arts gallery: My arms reach upward as the mind and hair are disintegrating, reaching through burning into the light.

Our ankles bear a lot of stress, supporting our stability through a complex structure of bones, ligaments, and tendons. Here’s what you need to know about common ankle injuries and treatments. The two ...