The test could serve as an alternative in cervical cancer screening, cytology, according to a new study. Certain types of ...

What is chronic pain? How might it affect people emotionally, mentally, relationally, and spiritually? Dr. Joel Jin offers ...

The softest mattresses on the mattress-firmness scale can also be called “plush” and may have a cradled, sinking feeling. A ...

Interoceptive, visceral pain from within the body is perceived more unpleasant than exteroceptive pain from outside the body.

All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning signals to the brain and spinal cord, helping protect us from injury or tissue ...

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WITH MY FEET in the stirrups, I felt an electric jolt of pain roll through my abdomen. I gripped the sides of the examination table, knuckles turning white. The two Tylenol the nurse had told me to ...

BACKGROUND: Studies have proposed using the leg lateral reach test (LLRT). However, they did not establish a cut-off point for testing. OBJECTIVE: To establish a cut-off point for the ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a rare clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Lin Health, a digital behavioral health platform for chronic pain patients, has secured $11 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round. "We believe in what we do. We believe in the power of ...

Representational image: Botulinum toxin (botox) injections could offer short-term relief for amputees.Getty Images Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections have been shown to offer short-term relief for war ...

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort. For years at Orchard Care Homes, a 23‑facility dementia-care chain in northern England, Cheryl Baird ...