Pain is common after some surgeries. But successfully managing it after surgery does more than just keep you comfortable -- it can also speed up your recovery time. Staying ahead of pain helps you ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated recommendations for doctors offering birth control to their patients, including a new plea for doctors to give women more options of ...

In late July, after months of calling doctors’ offices and suffering through pain, 23-year-old Erika of Wakefield posted a question in a Boston Reddit thread: “How do I find a doctor willing to remove ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Aileen Gariepy of Weill Cornell Medicine about the new federal guidance that advises doctors to consider pain management for IUD insertion pain. It's well-documented ...

Many people with arthritis find that cold weather tends to aggravate their symptoms. A top Doctor reveals eight ways to ...

HSG testing is a common practice in the fertility world. Why don’t women know what they’re actually getting into? WITH MY ...

The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy ...

Part 4 of a five-part USA TODAY series exploring chronic pain, the challenges of treatment and the scientific advances offering hope for the future. Rob Sims grew up hearing stories about what opioid ...

Some people suffering pain from cancer and other chronic diseases turn to marijuana to ease their suffering, but much of that relief may come from simply believing weed will help, a new study found.

New research has identified an alternative signaling pathway in the brain of mice that relieves pain, even in animals that have developed tolerance to opioids. The study also showed that pain relief ...