Mar. 13, 2025 -- While some pain is normal and a necessary signal for our bodies, there is also pain that can be persistent and chronic. What is the difference between acute and chronic pain? And why ...

Compare Inpatient Rehab examined data from the CDC's National Health Interview Survey to examine the chronic pain epidemic.

Chest pain can be caused by anxiety or serious conditions like heart problems—learn how to tell the difference, recognize key symptoms, and know when to seek urgent medical care.

Rogers recommended gentle movement as a key component of managing chronic joint pain, cautioning against both overexertion ...

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps ...

Mindfulness meditation is a technique that has been found to significantly reduce pain in experimental and clinical settings. The present review delineates findings from recent studies demonstrating ...

Remember the old Apple campaign "There's an app for that."? It turns out, they may have been right. Nowadays we can track our calories, our sleep and our lives on our smart phones. There's even app ...

The Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act (NOPAIN Act), which took effect on January 1, 2025, is influencing ...

While some pain may become more frequent as we age, it doesn’t mean we have to accept it as unavoidable or rely only on ...

Living with chronic pain can be debilitating. Routine medications are common in pain management, but they often come with their own side effects. Opioid addiction is a significant public health ...

As the nation continues to face an opioid epidemic, DeTar Medical Group’s Brian Parks, D.O., is championing safer, evidence-based approaches to pain management in Victoria and the surrounding ...

Opioids are often prescribed for pain management after surgery — but for the 19 million people in the U.S. with a history of substance abuse, that option may not be safe or desired. Until now, there ...