Q. Your article on pectin and grape juice was awesome. My spine is curved from a 1991 car accident, so I’ve had pain for years. I treat it with heat and ice because I refuse surgery.

More than 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, according to the CDC. Persistent pain that lasts beyond a typical recovery period can be debilitating and finding the right treatment is a ...

Q. I have been relying on the antihistamine diphenhydramine to get to sleep for over a decade. But over the last few years I find that I am having trouble coming up with simple words when I am talking ...

CBD and other cannabis derivatives are a bust when it comes to pain relief, a new evidence review has concluded. Products containing mainly or only cannabidiol demonstrated almost no ability to manage ...

“Our findings show that when pain lasts longer in women, it is real and has a biological basis,” says Geoffroy Laumet, PhD, study co-author and an associate professor in the Department of Physiology ...

Hormone-regulated immune cells produce IL-10 to resolve pain more effectively in males, offering a potential new target for non-opioid chronic pain treatments.

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people with chronic and hard-to-treat conditions. Virtual reality isn’t just for ...

Q. I read a question from a reader experiencing ear pain when flying. My solution for flights is to take Sudafed three hours before landing. The decongestion medicine seems to open my sinuses, and I ...