Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not others, according to research published in Science. The findings challenge the ...

Researchers identify the hippocampus and microglia as the "tipping point" that determines if chronic pain leads to depression ...

One is a Cochrane review, published in January, that examined the literature on THC efficacy in treating chronic pain — ...

Individuals with psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia and anxiety, may be predisposed to developing chronic pain conditions.

Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Themes. She receives Royalties from Cambridge University Press for Brain ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Millions of people live with chronic pain. The CDC says it affects about 21 percent of adults in the U.S. Doctors say people who have chronic pain are also at ...

Changes to one's hippocampus, the brain's memory centre, in response to prolonged pain could be an important factor for why ...

Time plays a key role in our perception of pain and administering pain relief and medication for chronic pain-related ...

(CNN) — Up to 90% of people who menstruate experience pain during their periods. For some, that pain is severe and linked with symptoms of depression, which are often thought to be a result of the ...

A New Look at Labor Pain Relief and Maternal WellbeingA recent observational study published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The relationship between depression and period pain may be partly genetically driven, a new study suggests. Up to 90% of people ...