LiveScience Topics: Pain

About 75 million U.S. residents endure chronic or recurrent pain. Migraines plague 25 million of us. One in six suffer arthritis. The global pain industry peddles more than $50 billion in drugs a year. Yet for many chronic pain sufferers, there is little relief. In fact, scientists don't fully understand how pain works. Mounting evidence suggests exercise is among the best medicine for pain, providing your doctor thinks it is right for you.

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Texting a Pain in the Neck, Study Suggests

Texting on cell phone could cause similar chronic pain problems as typing.
Young Gamers Get Finger Pain

Each additional hour of use increased the likelihood of experiencing pain by 50 percent.
How Fake Treatments Reduce Real Pain

People who believe a pain treatment is working have reduced pain signaling in their spinal cord, says a new study.

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Caffeine Causes and Cures Headaches

Those who suffer from occasional headaches might try cutting back on caffeine.
Money Relieves Pain

Money dulls physical pain and eases the sting of rejection, new research shows.
Sore Back? Exercise, Study Suggests

For those whose doctors recommend it, a lot of exercise is among the best elixirs.
Music Soothes Circumcision Pain

Music may reduce pain for babies during certain procedures, research suggests
Toothpick Acupuncture Works Just Fine

Both acupuncture needles and toothpicks work for relieving back pain, according to a new study.
Brain Struggles With Social Compassion

Brain responds slower to another person's social pain than physical pain.
Coffee Lessens the Pain of Exercise

Coffee before a workout helps kill the pain of pushing ourselves athletically, a new study suggests.
Boiling Mad: Crabs Feel Pain

Not only do crabs suffer pain, but they retain a memory of it, study finds.
Why Some Women Find Sex Painful

Research suggests women's pain during sex should be reclassified as a pain disorder rather than a sexual dysfunction.
Exercise: The Best Medicine

Four new studies tout the benefits of exercise.
Acupuncture Works ... As Placebo

Headache sufferers can find relief in acupuncture, even if the needles are stuck in the wrong places.
Pain is Partly in Your Mind

Pain may not be all in your mind, but some of it seems to be.
Migraine's Silver Lining: Lower Risk of Breast Cancer

The first time I experienced migraine with aura, I was shopping. I
Migraines Cut Breast Cancer Risk

Women who suffer migraines are at significantly lower risk for breast cancer.
Common Dietary Supplements Don't Help Arthritis

The natural supplement combo of glucosamine and chondroitin, taken to relieve arthritis pain, has struck out again.
Twisted Science: Pain Causes Arthritis

Arthritis causes pain, but new research shows that pain also causes arthritis.
In Pain? Stop and Smell the Roses

Ingredient of rose hips may protect and possibly rebuild joint tissue broken down by arthritis.
Plants Make Own Painkillers

Plants manufacture own form of aspirin in times of stress.
Painkiller Implanted

A U.S. Army parachutist was injured when his parachute malfunctioned and he hit the ground in excess of 45 mph. Surgeons implanted the world's smallest neurostimulator for chronic pain in him. Credit:St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division
5 Painful Facts You Need to Know

About 75 million U.S. residents endure chronic or recurrent pain.
Flip-Flops Bad For Feet

Researchers at Auburn University have found that wearing flip-flops alters the way one walks, changing the gait in subtle ways that can lead to serious sole, heel and ankle problems.

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