Pain

U.S. prescriptions for Valium, Ativan and other benzodiazepines have shot up since 2003, statistics show, especially for chronic pain. Roughly half those prescriptions are from primary care providers.

Researchers have pinpointed the neurons that give pain its unpleasant edge. By turning these neurons off in mice, the scientists relieved the unpleasantness of pain without numbing sensation.

You may think of pain as just pain. How you experience that pain, though, might depend on whether you're a man or a woman.A new study from the University…

A team at the University of Texas at Dallas is developing a new method to treat pain by disrupting how the body processes it. Zachary Campbell researches…

President Trump called the opioid crisis in the United States a national emergency last week, and Texas has joined a coalition of states to investigate…

Tylenol and other products containing acetaminophen are prescribed often for pain relief. But there’s been ongoing debate about whether it does anything…

Usually its IV poles being wheeled down hospital hallways. Today, it’s a harp.In the palliative care program at Baylor University Medical Center in…

For those who suffer frequent back pain, it was a promise of relief. Dallas-based North American Spine spent years building a business with a procedure…

It can range from a dull, constant ache to acute pain that can last from a few days to a few weeks. About eight in ten people, at some point in their…

Some ibuprofen and maybe some physical therapy are all it takes to make most back pain go away. But a study finds that doctors and patients are increasingly turning to fancy scans and opioid painkillers. They typically don't help, and increase the risk of addiction and overdose.

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Southlake last month began calling 114 people who received a recalled spinal steroid injection.The injection has…

It may seem comfortable to slouch while sitting or standing, but you can pay a physical price for it. In this KERA Health Checkup, family physician Dr.…