Stress and anxiety can worsen pain by causing muscles to get tense or spasm and by raising levels of the inflammation-inducing hormone cortisol. Plus, pain signals can be dialed up or down depending ...

A widely prescribed opioid painkiller showed limited effectiveness and increased risk of negative effects in a new analysis published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. The study examined tramadol, a ...

Ken Daughty Jr. releases his eighth book examining the role of trials. He challenges readers to see pain as a divine assignment, and use it to discover purpose. Pain didn’t come to destroy you; it ...