Pain, chronic

Arthritis significantly affects quality of life Americans with arthritis have "a substantially worse" health-related quality of life than those without arthritis...

Toxin injections may help lower back pain Injections of botulinum toxin may help people with chronic low back pain...

Pedaling bike reduces pain perception in entire body Moderate aerobic exercise can--at least temporarily--reduce the perception of pain in the entire body, research suggests. This is true even in people with chronic lower back problems, according to a report...

Attention is key in understanding why fun makes time fly Why do we feel that fun experiences zip by too quickly, while sad or frightening events occur in agonizing slow motion?

Early Detection of Arthritis Can Prevent Disability New research on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may help millions of people avoid the pain and disability associated with the disease...

Few migraine sufferers get preventive drugs More than 45 million Americans experience chronic headaches, and 23 million have migraines. Each year, migraine sufferers lose over 157 million workdays because of headache pain...

Negative attitude worsens stomach, liver ailments For women with gastrointestinal disorders ranging from chronic stomach pain to liver disease, emotional well-being may play an important role in whether their physical symptoms worsen or improve, research suggests...

Treatment can help 'gain control' over chronic pain Treatments designed to help people with chronic pain feel that they have control over their pain are effective, and can lead to better coping strategies and less impairment...

Diabetes and evening primrose oil Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. This condition is characterised by high levels of glucose in the blood, even after fasting overnight...

Study Shows Fear Of Pain Makes It Worse Using a kind of old-fashioned Pavlovian psychology and advanced brain-imaging techniques, a British-Canadian team found that the brain has ``dread zones`` that not only anticipate pain, but make it worse...