Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Psychotherapist Nicole ...

As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

Phantom pain refers to pain in a part of the body that is no longer present, such as an amputated limb or an organ that a surgeon has removed. To a person with phantom pain, it feels as though the ...

Upper back pain is rarely a sign of cancer. More often, it’s a symptom of a different underlying condition that may require treatment. Back pain is very common, affecting an estimated 39% of adults in ...

Doctors define nociceptive pain as the discomfort you feel in response to damage to your tissues. Most pain you experience is nociceptive pain, and it commonly affects your muscles, joints, and bones.

Acute pain is sharp, sudden, and short-lived discomfort. It typically lasts only a brief time. Though it may not be serious, it could point to an underlying problem in some cases. Acute pain comes on ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Michael Henry has received funding from the Australian government in the form of RTPd fee offset and stipend scholarships. Lorimer Moseley has received support from: Reality Health, IPAR, ...