About 40% of adults with chronic pain had clinical symptoms of depression and anxiety. Around 37% met the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder, and 16.7% met criteria for generalized ...

Chronic physical pain is one of the greatest challenges a person can face. Here’s why anger can preclude relief and recovery.

As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

The investigators identified a total of 376 relevant studies from 50 countries, including 347,468 individuals (70% of whom were female) with chronic pain. The pooled prevalence rates for depression ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that ...

Sometimes, a study on one topic can reveal important issues in another. Case in point: A recent Lancet study explored what a person’s life was like before they developed chronic pain — the diseases ...

Although most research and attention focus on adults, children and adolescents suffer from chronic pain and mental health disorders in numbers as high as adults. A study published in JAMA Pediatrics ...

More than 75 percent of Americans live with at least one chronic condition, but many are finding "guardian angels" thanks to ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think about pain ...

For the first time, researchers have recorded pain-related data from inside the brain of individuals with chronic pain disorders caused by stroke or amputation (phantom limb pain). A long sought-after ...

A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw. Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, turning ...