Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...

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Quoc Tran, MD, a pain management physician, joined Birmingham-based OrthoAlabama Spine & Sports. Dr. Tran’s expertise includes minimally invasive lumbar decompression, neuromodulation, biologics and ...

For people living with lupus, pain can be one of the most persistent and difficult symptoms to manage. But the good news is that a combination of medical treatments, lifestyle changes and ...

Chronic pain might quietly push people toward developing high blood pressure—and the more widespread the pain, the greater the danger. A massive analysis of over 200,000 adults uncovered strong links ...

Kathleen Ford of Solano County was a nurse for more than 20 years, until one day she squatted down to help a patient and, hobbled by terrible joint pain, couldn’t stand up. Then in her 60s, Ford had ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases – by reprogramming patients’ out-of-whack immune ...