If you’ve ever sat in the emergency room with a broken bone or a severe back spasm, you might have noticed the nurse frowning ...

Medicine now rightly recognizes addiction as a neurobiological disorder that may require long-term pharmacologic treatment.

Many people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis experience joint pain, leading researchers to believe there’s a link between the gut and the joints.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with narcolepsy were more than twice as likely as matched controls to have chronic pain. Additional ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bones called vertebrae make up your spine. Muscles and ligaments connect your vertebrae to each other. Between the vertebrae lie soft, flat discs that provide cushioning and support. Each vertebra ...

Women may be living longer than men, but they are also spending far more years battling pain, depression, anxiety and other ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a rare clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Midabdominal pain is pain that occurs in the middle of the torso. Many conditions can cause it, including Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, gastroenteritis, and small bowel obstruction. Abdominal pains ...