Crutchfield is a professor of medical ethics, humanities, and law at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Chmura is a second-year resident in J. Willis Hurst Internal ...

Nerve ablation may ease pain from arthritis, nerve damage, or tumors. Procedures usually occur in hospitals or clinics and take 15 minutes to an hour. Pain relief from nerve ablation can last up to ...

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 ...

A viral TikTok posture therapist recommends prepping tight muscles before alignment work. Penetrex is an Amazon best-selling joint and muscle relief cream with over 90,000 reviews. The cream contains ...

The below is a summary of a story that originally appeared on the Duke University School of Medicine website. Scientists at Duke University School of Medicine may have found a new way to tackle ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

A widely prescribed opioid painkiller showed limited effectiveness and increased risk of negative effects in a new analysis published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. The study examined tramadol, a ...

A new weight-loss drug that Eli Lilly is testing is helping patients in a late-stage trial lose an average of 28.7% of their body weight and offered "substantial" relief from osteoarthritis pain. In ...

In a phase 3 trial, Eli Lilly’s experimental drug retatrutide delivered an average 28.7% weight loss and reduced pain among adults with obesity or overweight and knee osteoarthritis. The trial ...

Using powerful 7-Tesla brain imaging, researchers mapped how the brainstem manages pain differently across the body. They discovered that distinct regions activate for facial versus limb pain, showing ...

The number of surgeries in the United States rises each year, with over 92 million performed in 2024. 1 For many patients, surgery is only half the battle. Managing pain afterward is often the greater ...

Should I try cannabis for my back pain? It's a question spine surgeon Richard Price says he gets at least several times a day from patients who come into his clinic. When Price finally dived into the ...