More than 50% of patients who received the brain-focused therapy reported being nearly or completely pain-free 5 years later, ...

Cognitive functional therapy (CFT) for chronic low back pain yielded benefits that far outlasted a 6-month program initially ...

Symptoms of chronic inflammation are varied, but can include pain, swelling, fatigue, joint pain, weight gain, digestive ...

Stepping into a virtual forest or waterfall scene through VR could be the future of pain management. A new study shows that ...

Pain’s No. 1 objective is to protect you. With TMS, the brain sends these same pain signals as a protective mechanism, even without physical injury.

Scientists found that nature exposure physically alters the brain’s pain-processing pathways, offering new insight into non-medicinal pain management.

This experiment shows how the brain can interpret — and misinterpret— pain. In your hands, you have separate sensors for heat, cold, and pain. Here's what happens when you touch something hot ...

As the brain becomes even more hyper-aware, rewired neural pathways cause it to infer pain, even when none is present, experts said. The brain learns to be in pain, they said.

Brain scans can provide early warning of who will develop chronic pain following a whiplash injury, a new study finds. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News ...

Pain receptors in the skin send more intense and urgent signals to the brain. While pain may be acute (lasting for a short time) or chronic (persistent over time), it often causes more immediate ...

Happy Thursday! This week we’re writing about yoga’s brain effects, IUD pain and autoimmune disease. Plus we’ve got our weekly “joy” snack. But before that … Reporter Lindsey Bever has ...