In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required no strong painkillers to manage their pain. In some ...

Thorne, 35, is sharing the symptoms he experienced before being diagnosed with a stage four brain tumour in the hope of ...

EXCLUSIVE: A young father-of-two who has been told he has just months to live has bravely spoken about the symptoms he suffered before eventually being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour ...

Belief is your safe passage—the door through which all healing resides. Why? Because your perception is your reality.

What causes brain freeze, this miserable spoiler of frozen desserts? The answer is simple: survival instinct. When humans eat something very cold, blood vessels in the roof of the mouth (also known as ...

back pain and cold symptoms, may also speed up reaction times, researchers claim. The health benefits are so significant, they suggest, that the pills are as good for the brain as lowering high ...

Vertex’s drug has been hailed as a scientific breakthrough, because it allays pain without entering the brain, minimizing the risk of addiction and dependence that can lead patients to ramp up doses ...

Primary Care Provider at Trillium Health Dr. Stuart MacKay explained how it works. “Opioid pain medication acts on a receptor in the brain called the ‘mu opioid receptor’. This receptor is involved in ...

Pain is a universal human experience—essential for survival yet unbearable when it lingers unchecked. From the searing intensity of post-surgical recovery to the deep, aching grip of chronic ...

Pain is a universal human experience—essential for survival yet unbearable when it lingers unchecked. From the intensity of post-surgical recovery to the grip of chronic conditions, pain ...

A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...

Is it true, though? Well, frozen foods may give you a brain freeze at times, but the debate about their nutritional value is really dated. Not just that, some frozen foods are also good for your ...