An experimental cannabis-derived medication was safer and more effective than placebo and opioids for treating chronic lower ...

Initially, Blake Perkins was upset he was sidelined this spring by a tibial fracture. But that became gratitude when his ...

Felicia Willette, 34, of Brick has a genetic abnormality that has left her riddled with cancer at a time that her son is ...

Avoiding pain may provide short-term relief, but in the long term, it costs us. Emotional energy doesn’t just disappear. When ...

Early in his career, San Francisco Giants first baseman J.T. Snow learned he had ulcerative colitis. Years later, it nearly ...

UCSF neurologist Dr. Shirvalkar studies nerve-to-brain connections to find new ways to treat chronic back pain.

Tylenol and NSAIDs both help with pain perception and fever, but the medications do have one key difference. Distinctly, ...

Whether it's a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly one in four Americans. UC San Francisco's Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D., neurologist and pain ...

Discover how your lifestyle can contribute to back and neck pain, and the best exercises to prevent it with these expert tips ...

In the fourth of a five-part series, Dana Santas explains how strong scapular muscles promote healthy shoulders, better posture and a pain-free upper body.

Asking people how much money they would accept to experience pain again can provide a more accurate and comparable measure of ...

A new study found that six sessions of low-dose radiation significantly improved knee pain for participants with ...