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
St George’s, University of London research has found that a drug normally given to osteoporosis sufferers could provide effective pain relief to patients with knee and hip osteoarthri... Read more
A new “telerehabilitation” approach lets physical therapists assess patients with low back pain (LBP) over the Internet A new “telerehabilitation” approach lets physi... 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
Imagine if you could treat pain the same way you treat a cut: throw a bandage on it and let it heal. Thimble Bioelectronics is working on a patch based on Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Sti... Read more
The food and aquaculture industries should reconsider how they treat live crustaceans such as crabs, prawns and lobsters. That’s according to a Queen’s University Belfast researcher who has... Read more
Cannabis seems to ease the painful muscle stiffness typical of multiple sclerosis (MS), indicate phase III trial results, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. U... Read more
Pain-Free Way of Tackling Dental Decay Reverses Acid Damage and Re-Builds Teeth Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered a pain-free way of tackling dental decay that reverses... Read more
Quite recently, a dentist from St. Louis area has invented “the Dental Button” which helps relieving dental anxiety. The button is meant to allow the patients to stop the drill of the dentis... Read more