Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain.

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Dr. Adriaan Louw has heard the term "pain revolution" before. The physical therapist and scientist has been researching chronic pain for more than 30 years. Over the decades, he has witnessed the rise ...

Tampa (BLOOM) – Massage therapy has been practiced for thousands of years as a means of healing and relaxation. In recent times, there has been a growing interest in understanding the scientific basis ...

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in the tissue around oral cancers both increases nerve sensitivity and ...

When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers have now pinpointed the exact location of a specific calcium channel fine-tuning ...

When Northeastern professor Yingzi Lin visited her father after his hip replacement, doctors asked him to measure his level of pain on the standard score of zero to 10. He couldn't do it, says Lin, ...

Men and women experience pain differently, and until now, scientists didn’t know why. New research says it may be in part due to differences in male and female nerve cells. Pain-sensing nerve cells ...

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