Scientists at The University of Manchester have shown for the first time that if the brain is ‘tuned-in’ to a particular frequency, pain can be alleviated. Chronic pain- pain which lasts for... Read more
Researchers use optogenetics to produce pain relief by shutting off neurons with light The potential of light as a non-invasive, highly-focused alternative to pain medication was made more a... Read more
Chronic pain caused by the nerve damage of type 2 diabetes, surgical amputation, chemotherapy and other conditions is especially intractable because it resists painkilling medications. But i... Read more
A telephone-delivered intervention, which included automated symptom monitoring, produced clinically meaningful improvements in chronic musculoskeletal pain compared to usual care, according... Read more
Surprisingly long-lasting opioid mechanism of natural chronic pain control The bodies of mammals, including humans, respond to injury by releasing endogenous opioids — compounds that mitigat... Read more
UMB 425 is being called a breakthrough in the development of therapeutics to treat chronic pain, acts on two different opioid receptors with diminished tolerance over time and no obvious tox... Read more
Using a tiny ball of ice, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment called cryoneurolysis safely short circuits chronic pain caused by nerve damage, according to data being pre... Read more
People who suffer from chronic pain often feel like the experience dominates their lives, and changes them profoundly. Now, a group of pain researchers and geneticists have discovered that t... Read more
May one day lead to implants that would assist in the treatment of chronic pain Scientists have developed a new material that can slowly release medication over a period of several months. I... Read more
Powerful analgesics can restore normal nerve function. Has a cheap and effective treatment for chronic pain been lying under clinicians’ noses for decades? Researchers have foun... Read more
Image via Wikipedia In most cases of chronic pain — lingering pain that never seems to go away after accidents or prolonged illnesses — no pill exists to dull the hurt. Billions... Read more