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Human pain, it turns out, is not just a product of modern stress or injury, but a legacy written deep into our DNA. New ...

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Psychological therapy that changes an individual’s beliefs about pain can provide lasting relief for chronic back pain (CBP), long-term follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial showed. More ...

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In the early 1800s, leg amputations free of acute pain seemed impossible. However, the first widely used anesthetic, called ether, was right around the corner. Sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus ...

Nearly impossible to measure, quantify, convey, pain is a truly mysterious human sensation. For the last 25 years in my life as a neurosurgeon, I have seen a lot of pain and suffering firsthand, so ...

New research finds the human brain has a built-in pain map that activates in different areas when relieving face, arm or leg pain. But placebo pain relief only works where the brain expects it.