Suffering from chronic pain? Or are you a person who is constantly anxious? Luckily an NHS doctor has revealed a rather ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...

Researchers are exploring a new way to influence pain in the brain so that patients no longer need to rely on medication.

Evidence-based resource helps teens retrain pain signals and responses and supports parents, clinicians, educators, and ...

Chronic pain—pain which lasts 3-6 months or more—affects 1 in 5 adults globally. Medication, steroid injections, and other common medical treatments for chronic pain have limited efficacy, as well as ...

Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney are testing a new way to treat chronic nerve pain by training the brain itself. The approach relies on an interactive game that teaches people ...

Share on Pinterest A few simple habits may help keep the brain younger, even in people living with chronic pain. Image credit: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images A new study from researchers at the ...

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

Electricity is the brain’s language. For a decade, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and philanthropy have enabled UC San Francisco physician-scientists to decipher this language and use ...

Researchers have flipped the script on the usual approach to pain relief in a new study, demonstrating that a short course of non-invasive brain stimulation before a painful event such as surgery can ...

This study is the first of its kind in developing an off-label indication for RLS. Other conditions we’re considering ...

Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...