We are told this: The mind is able to control the body. For the chronic pain patient who may have seemingly exhausted treatment options, this notion of mind over matter takes on a hopeful urgency.

If you’ve ever stubbed your toe or touched a hot stove, you’ve experienced acute pain. An injury or natural process can cause this type of pain, but it goes away relatively quickly. If your pain lasts ...

And ways to advocate for yourself if you’re being ignored. By Christina Caron The women had heard that IVF would be hard, but many of them were in shock at how painful the procedure was. “I felt ...

SEATTLE — University of Washington researchers think they might be able to use hypnosis to offset pain for patients with ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have used placebo pain relief to uncover a map-like system in the brainstem that controls pain differently depending on where it's felt in the body. The ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think about pain ...