If you have chronic pain, you may have heard the pejorative statement that “it’s all in your head.” On the contrary, nothing could be further from the truth. Your pain is real. However, on a very ...
Back pain, migraines, arthritis, long-term concussion symptoms, complications following cancer treatment. These are just a few of the conditions linked to chronic pain, which affects one in five ...
Chronic pain comes with unique challenges that span the medical realm and virtually every area of one’s life. Pain can impact one’s ability to engage in activities and relationships with others. One’s ...
About 40% of patients in primary care have pain or illness that cannot be explained by diagnostic tests. It is commonly assumed that the symptoms are “all in their heads,” and that little or nothing ...
TORONTO, Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ManagingLife, creators of the Manage My Pain platform, today announced the launch of Solace, an artificial intelligence (AI) companion designed to provide ...
Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...
Pain is our body’s way of telling us that something is wrong. When it’s acute, it tends to start suddenly, with an obvious cause (like a broken bone) and a standard fix. But chronic pain, experienced ...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Although there is no test, chronic pain is a condition that affects around 61 million Americans who suffer from its effects. As well as the physical cost, the condition can ...
Pain is hard to measure. One person’s “ouch” is another’s agony. Now, scientists say they’ve found a better way of assessing pain: putting a price on it. By translating pain into dollars, they’ve ...
Chronic pain affects 150 million people across Europe, according to the European Pain Federation. That is approximately the population of France and Germany combined. This burden drives countless ...
Joint pain, headaches, stomachaches, fibromyalgia – the list sounds like an inventory of ailments that might plague people as they age. Yet these are chronic, painful conditions that frequently affect ...
Health psychology, women's health, and Asian American Studies. Ivy Ho's research focuses on health disparities among marginalized women, the relationship between interpersonal stress (both traumatic ...