Evidence synthesis across randomized comparisons showed limited magnitude and duration of opioid analgesia for most acute pain presentations, challenging assumptions of broad short-term efficacy.

A new study by University researchers aimed to measure the amount of pain patients experience through brain activity, which could improve pain medications and treatments. Led by Carl Saab, associate ...

Negative expectancies about pain and aging independently predicted 10-year worsening of pain severity and interference in older adults.

In patients with painful hip osteoarthritis, adding a single intra-articular injection of corticosteroid plus local anaesthetic to the best current treatment (advice and education) is highly ...

Across both mice and humans, we found that males tended to recover from pain more quickly than females. The reason appears to lie in how monocytes behave after injury. In males, these immune cells ...