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More and more people are turning to massage to help treat what ails them—or simply for the sheer sensuous pleasure of the experience. In addition to the "old faithfuls," Swedish massage (which uses long stroking, kneading and tapping) and...
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...
More and more Americans are struggling with gout as rates of the painful and sometimes disabling arthritic condition continue a decades-long upswing,...
Following a serious car accident in 1993, R I had herniated disks in my neck and 1 lower back, which resulted in...
Until recently, palliative care—a type of medical care that focuses on making a person who is seriously ill as comfortable and...
Injecting "bone cement'' into areas of weakened bone in patients whose cancer has spread to their bones can literally...