Patients with painful chronic pancreatitis and a dilated pancreatic duct benefit more from early surgical intervention than an endoscopy-first approach in the long term. Researchers sought to ...

February 9, 2010 (San Antonio, Texas) — Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) shows good long-term results in relieving visceral abdominal pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis, according to one of the ...

Muscle and joint aches. Shooting, stinging, or burning pain. Ongoing stiffness or squeezing sensations, pain so persistent and intense that it leads to constant fatigue, anxiety, depression, and ...

A new review paper co-authored by two Johns Hopkins pain experts suggests that scrambler therapy, a noninvasive pain treatment, can yield significant relief for approximately 80%–90% of patients with ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new antioxidant biomaterial that someday could provide much-needed relief to people living with chronic pancreatitis. The study will be published ...

A lab technician holds a tube containing a swab sample taken for Covid-19 serological test at the Leumit Health Services laboratory in the Israeli city of Or Yehuda ...

A pregnant woman is going in to surgery. She is laying on an operating table in the hospital’s operating room. Surgeons surround the bed preparing for the medical procedure. Researchers sought to ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

In the ongoing search to find a pain intervention that does away with the need for opioids – and bypasses drugs altogether – a new game-based system has shown huge promise in tackling chronic ...

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 ...

Chronic pain is extremely common. What is it, and why is it so hard for many Americans to get relief? Muscle and joint aches. Shooting, stinging, or burning pain. Ongoing stiffness or squeezing ...