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A competitive cyclist for almost 25 years, Riyadh Khamis thought nothing of ramping up his training to prepare for races.

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

Exercise can help your pain, but it hurts to exercise. Done strategically, however, movement can reshape the way your body ...

Tramadol, a potent synthetic opioid, has been widely used to treat moderate to severe pain, but a new study suggests that the ...

In the face of something that threatens survival, a certain group of neurons can produce a molecule that acts as a painkiller ...

Avoiding pain may provide short-term relief, but in the long term, it costs us. Emotional energy doesn’t just disappear. When we suppress it, it shows up in other ways: anxiety, irritability, chronic ...

"On a scale of one to ten, how much does it hurt?" If you've suffered an injury or painful illness, you've probably heard this question. It is quick and to the point. In emergency rooms, physicians ...

A survey has laid bare the impact of chronic pain in children on the lives of their parents. It found that 30 per cent of parents caring for a child with chronic pain reduced their work hours and 20 ...

Pain is not simply “in your head”—and reducing it to a brain-first narrative risks both stigma and substandard care. Real pain often originates in the body, whether from a fractured bone, spinal ...