Many women wear high heels because they like the way they look, but these shoes can cause foot problems such as hammertoe, a condition in which the toes painfully bend in on each other, experts warn. Preventing Hammertoe Tzvi Bar-David, DPM, a...
Memories of devastating heartbreaks appear to trigger activity in the brain that's similar to when people suffer physical pain, recent...
In a study involving a group of love-struck Stanford University undergrads, researchers discovered that high-octane romantic love might be a natural analgesic....
If women are given control of the amount of epidural anesthesia they get during labor and delivery, they use about 30% less...
More and more people are turning to massage to help treat what ails them—or simply for the sheer sensuous pleasure of...
People who engage in Zen meditation do feel pain, recent research reveals, but they don't think about it as much....
People appear to be more likely to develop chronic pain after suffering injuries in a traffic crash than after other physically traumatic...
Obese fibromyalgia patients suffer more severe symptoms such as pain, reduced flexibility and sleep disturbances than those of normal weight, a new...
Millions of Americans regularly take one or more nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, known as NSAIDs. Drugs in this class include over-the-counter analgesics (painkillers)...
I've got a strong family history of osteoarthritis and have suffered several sports-related knee injuries. Though conventional wisdom would say...
Depression can worsen the pain of knee osteoarthritis, a recent study finds. Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, occurs when cartilage...
A kidney stone attack usually involves severe, or even excruciating, pain. One in 20 people will develop a kidney stone at some...