Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...

The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other ...

Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud.

SereNeuro Therapeutics, a preclinical biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain therapies, has unveiled new data on a novel approach to chronic pain management and joint tissue preservation.

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 ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) oil, derived from the cannabis plant, has recently become a popular topic in medical and scientific research circles as a non-intoxicating compound with pain-management potential.

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 ...

Ice therapy involves cooling the painful area of your back. It's helpful for acute (new or temporary) back pain. While it's helpful in the short term, long-term use of ice therapy may delay healing ...

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 ...

Researchers are testing low-dose radiation to treat the painful symptoms of osteoarthritis in the knee. The study, published by researchers in Korea and presented at the American Society for Radiation ...

Q. Journavx works for me! I rarely need an opioid like Norco (hydrocodone and acetaminophen) or an NSAID like Celebrex when I’m on it. Now my pain specialist says it is limited to three months a year.