Four tiny 3D organs connected themselves in a lab dish, forming a replica of the human pain pathway, in a new study. The discovery allows scientists to better understand chronic pain and how pain ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects millions of people worldwide. This disease prompts the ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps pain sensing nerve cells stay ...

A new UCT-led research study provides a clear picture of how pain affects South Africans’ daily life and functioning.

A new study suggests a widely used bone hormone could help relieve chronic back pain in an unexpected way. Instead of just ...

Chronic pain - pain that persists for more than three months despite treatment - is a leading cause of disability worldwide.

Patients with chronic back pain reported heightened unpleasantness of auditory stimuli and mechanical pressure.

Neurological pathways ID’d in chronic back pain Greater connectivity between the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex areas of the brain increase the likelihood that back pain will become chronic.

By comparing osteoarthritis pain pathways known to be active in dogs and humans to those in cats with degenerative joint ...

Men and women experience pain differently, and until now, scientists didn’t know why. New research says it may be in part due to differences in male and female nerve cells. Pain-sensing nerve cells ...