Pennsylvania’s fight against addiction and pain management took center stage at a local Luzerne County campus Friday.
A new and potentially safer opioid has been tested in lab rats, and the results suggest it relieves pain with a lower risk of ...
The search for a safer opioid has followed pain medicine for decades. Doctors still need strong drugs for surgery, major ...
Overlooked plant compounds may quietly hold new clues for treating some of the most challenging forms of pain.
Chronic pain is a condition that affects millions of people and can make everyday life very difficult. For many patients, the ...
Fibromyalgia and chronic pain create a "fertile breeding ground" for self-medication and iatrogenic addiction. . Fibromyalgia involves abnormal pain processing; the brain struggles to turn off pain ...
New research from the University of Kansas shows people who experience chronic pain tend to consume cigarettes and ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Chronic opioid therapy is often misunderstood as primarily producing euphoria, even in long-term pain patients. In reality, ...
An experimental medication was shown to achieve strong pain relief in early studies without the risks associated with typical opioids. The finding comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA ...