New research demonstrates that electroacupuncture can significantly alleviate pain-induced anxiety- and depression-like behaviors by modulating specific excitatory neurons in the brain. Using a mouse ...

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 ...

The investigators identified a total of 376 relevant studies from 50 countries, including 347,468 individuals (70% of whom were female) with chronic pain. The pooled prevalence rates for depression ...

Ophelia, a provider of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, is joining forces with Vori Health, a musculoskeletal (MSK) and orthopedic care provider, to help patients manage pain in an opioid-free way ...

Data from an observational study suggest that a disabling, sometimes chronic disorder known as complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1) may have a genetic background. Researchers headed by a ...

For 14 years, Lora Romney has had a burning sensation on the top half of her face. The feeling, she says, is similar to a ...

There is a good chance you know someone with a central sensitization syndrome. Someone with chronic migraines for years? Someone with chronic back pain for years? Someone with chronic digestive ...

Gillian was just a teenager when she started to suffer ...

Chronic disease is the primary focus at an Erie County medical practice that, for more than five years, has provided non-surgical options to patients.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterized by dizziness, sleep problems, chronic pain and fatigue. For years, clinicians debated about whether chronic fatigue syndrome was actually a condition, because ...