Researchers have found a set of brainstem neurons that can dial down chronic pain. These Y1 receptor neurons balance pain ...

Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

Pain remains a complex, poorly understood experience, but the future is bright. Only last month, the FDA approved the use of ...

Pain is a universal human experience—essential for survival yet unbearable when it lingers unchecked. From the searing intensity of post-surgical recovery to the deep, aching grip of chronic ...

In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain into something a camera or sensor can ...

No one suggests that a catchy song can fully eliminate serious pain. But several recent studies, including in the journals ...

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Exactly how Tylenol — also called acetaminophen or paracetamol — relieves pain continues to evade scientists, but it's clear the drug interacts with one key set of enzymes. When you purchase through ...

We have all encountered pain, but not all pain feels the same. Crushing your hand in a car door feels nothing like the burning sting of a hot stove. A new study suggests that the spinal cord can ...

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required no strong painkillers to manage their pain. In some ...

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