Acupuncture can boost the effectiveness of standard medical care, reducing the severity of chronic pain and depression, says a new study.
The study found that the effect of healthy diets reducing chronic pain was more prominent for women than for men.
Scientists who analysed countless chemicals in spider venom say they have identified seven compounds that block a key step in the body's ability to pass pain signals to the brain.
Chronic pain after C-section delivery, lasting for more than three months, affects around one in five mothers.
A new study suggests that practice of meditation may help veterans to relieve themselves from chronic pain.
Its no secret that meditation is can ward off depression, help you de-stress and work wonders for your mind, body and soul.
The study is an attempt to establish pain as a marker to measure increased risk of future cognitive decline.
Though the side effects were few and mild, researchers suggest that tailored acupuncture may be a viable treatment for fibromyalgia.
Better sleep and longer sleep hours coupled with daytime alertness-promoting agents such as coffee might work better than pain killers when it comes to reducing pain.