Compounds responsible for the aroma of cannabis and many other plants may offer a surprising new way to relieve chronic pain. Researchers found that several cannabis-derived terpenes significantly ...

Physical pain is essential for survival, as it allows animals to detect when they are injured or unwell, seek shelter and address their ailments. Yet when it becomes chronic, pain can also become ...

Research published in Cell Reports from the University of Alabama at Birmingham reveals that, by labeling a subset of trigeminal afferents with the genetic marker Fos-Cre and inhibiting them, ...

Wearing a cast, taking pain medication and getting a warning to be more careful often puts people on the quickest road to recovery from a broken arm. But that road can be longer when an ailment isn’t ...

A cross section of a mouse brain showing neurons involved in chronic pain (yellow) and acute pain (red) that project into the spinal cord from the rostral ventromedial medulla. Other neurons are shown ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. From stubbing your toe to dealing with the occasional headache or sore back, to ...

Getting a tattoo is exciting, until you remember one tiny detail: it involves needles. If you've ever asked, "How much does a tattoo hurt?" – you're not alone. Tattoo pain is one of the most searched ...

Jason is a general assignment reporter, with particular focus on genetic medicine and rare disease. Confidential tips can be sent on Signal at JasonMast.77. Lizzy leads STAT’s coverage of the FDA. Her ...

This restorative yoga practice offers a series of gentle movements specifically curated to alleviate accumulated stress and stiffness in the upper body. The routine begins with seated chest openers ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people with chronic and hard-to-treat conditions. Virtual reality isn’t just for ...

Estrogen may cause certain colon cells, shown in green in this microscope image, to release a hormone called peptide YY. This, in turn, causes a different type of colon cell, colored magenta, to pump ...