NEW IBS research highlights persistent pain treatment gaps and points to peripheral nerve targets for future, safer therapies ...

Research indicates that MBTs can be effective for chronic pain, and neuroscience literature has even uncovered mechanisms of action by which mindfulness and CBT modulate pain (Flor, 2014; Zeidan et al ...

How does the placebo effect work? A new study identifies the vlPAG brain region and endogenous opioid signaling as the keys to expectancy-driven pain relief.

Pain is a necessary biological signal, but a variety of conditions can cause those signals to go awry. For people with chronic pain, the root is often faulty signals emerging deep within the brain, ...

Somatosensory phenotypes and psychologic factors influenced treatment outcomes among adolescents with chronic postsurgical vs primary pain.

A small pilot suggests deep brain stimulation may reshape dysfunctional brain circuits to curb severe self-harming behavior ...

Nearly impossible to measure, quantify, convey, pain is a truly mysterious human sensation. For the last 25 years in my life as a neurosurgeon, I have seen a lot of pain and suffering firsthand, so ...

Mindfulness meditation, which has been used for centuries for pain management in various cultures, has long been speculated to work by activating processes supporting the placebo response. However, ...

Research outlines effective treatments for reducing chronic pain. Source: Charles Thompson/Pixabay A research article published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers ...