Researchers have identified a bone-driven signaling pathway that may explain how spinal degeneration leads to chronic pain.

Researchers have determined the molecular signature of sensory neurons that are key to signaling neuropathic pain.

Low back pain is nearly universal. About 80% of adults will experience it at some point in their lives. For many, symptoms resolve within weeks. For a significant minority, they do not — and that’s ...

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain. Scientists are now targeting earlier points in that pathway, before pain ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people with chronic and hard-to-treat conditions. Virtual reality isn’t just for ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." DNA study leads researchers to pin humanity’s low pain thresholds on Neanderthals. The team believes that ...

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; ...

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; ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Sergio Chavez Jiminez, a resident and business owner in Danville, was detained by ICE over the weekend. Federals officials tell Newswatch16, Jiminez was detained due an unlawful status ...

After a Danville resident was recently detained by ICE, Newswatch 16's Adi Iyer spoke with a local immigration attorney about the path to citizenship. Lake Mead boaters issued warning: "Dangerous lake ...

Estrogen may cause certain colon cells, shown in green in this microscope image, to release a hormone called peptide YY. This, in turn, causes a different type of colon cell, colored magenta, to pump ...