The multifaceted nature of fibromyalgia presents challenges in diagnosis and management, often coexisting with conditions ...

Although myofascial trigger points (MTrPs ... that trained physiotherapists can reliably identify MTrPs in patients with shoulder pain, the percentage of patients who actually have MTrPs remains ...

German investigators suspect a Berlin doctor of killing eight elderly patients under his care and setting fire to some of their homes to cover up his crimes, prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect ...

Foot pain is common and has a wide range of causes, including uncomfortable shoes, prolonged standing, athletic injuries, and chronic conditions such as arthritis. The location of pain in the foot ...

Acupuncture is a popular technique in alternative and holistic medicine that's thought to have benefits for anxiety, for ...

What would you say if you suddenly stubbed your toe on a doorframe? Depending on how much it hurt, you might cry out in pain, unleash a stream of expletives—or utter a very specific exclamation ...

By Gina Kolata The pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen announced on Tuesday that an experimental obesity drug helped patients lose up to 20 percent of their weight in a year. The drug, MariTide ...

For those of us who speak English, it’s probably “ouch”. But what kinds of “pain words” (or “interjections”) do speakers of other languages use to express pain? And do these ...

NEW YORK – A patient with Rett syndrome who had received Neurogene's investigational gene therapy NGN-401 in an ongoing clinical trial has died, the company disclosed in a recent submission to the US ...

BOSTON — An IV bag dangled from a curtain rod, pumping fluids into the patient. A paramedic drew a blood sample as an Olympic women’s rugby match blared on the television facing the woman’s bed.

An international team of researchers, led by biochemists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, now claim to have cured seven patients with TEN or a slightly less severe version of the infection, ...