For years, virtual reality (VR) has been used in pain management for hospitalized adults and children, to take their minds off their discomfort, but typically the technology has been a solo experience ...

An estimated 51.6 million adults, or about 21% of the adult population in the United States, live with chronic pain. This is why ...

Chronic pain is a condition that affects upwards of 50 million Americans, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and it comes in two forms. "You have acute pain. You have chronic ...

It’s a striking statistic: Nearly one of every four adults in the United States suffer from chronic pain. September is National Pain Awareness Month, and Intermountain Health experts say it’s an ...

Oct. 24, 2011— -- I remember the day with the kind of awful clarity you have recalling, say, a car crash you were in. It was late November 2000. I was staying at a hotel in Austin, Texas, where I ...

Opioids remain a staple in pain management for cancer, but there is little guidance around how to treat patients who have a history of opioid misuse. Recently, a group of palliative and addiction ...

Weak opioids such as tramadol or dihydrocodeine, are commonly prescribed for managing moderate pain. When the pain becomes ...

For many children living with chronic pain, the experience is often misunderstood and isolating. An all-women ...

For people with atopic dermatitis, the inflammatory skin condition commonly known as eczema, one symptom rises above all others: itch. More than 85 percent of people with atopic dermatitis experience ...