Chronic hip pain after 60 is more than just a sign of aging. Discover how hip discomfort can signal heart disease, nerve ...

A North Carolina federal court partially denied Brock Cabinets’ motion to dismiss ADA and state law claims by a disabled former employee, finding the employee plausibly stated claims for ...

Research provides evidence that veterans can effectively self-administer microcurrent point stimulation (MPS) at home ...

Medically reviewed by Valerie Cacho, MD Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) usually does not qualify as a disability on its own.However, severe OSA may be considered a disability if it causes health ...

Patients with debilitating symptoms are being diagnosed with a condition that has no clinical definition, writes fourth-year medical student. Treatments may do more harm than good.

Cece Worley was refused accommodations in her workplace for symptoms of endometriosis, a common reproductive condition ...

Objectives To identify clustered trajectories of self-reported disability following the initiation of care by a physical therapist in outpatient orthopaedic settings and to determine baseline factors ...

Cannabis products with higher THC levels may slightly reduce chronic pain, particularly nerve pain, according to a review of multiple clinical trials. The improvement was small and short-lived, while ...

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 ...

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a leading cause of chronic musculoskeletal pain, yet its mechanisms remain debated. Traditional models emphasized muscle contracture or central sensitization, but ...

Tramadol, a potent synthetic opioid, has been widely used to treat moderate to severe pain, but a new study suggests that the medication’s potential risks outweigh its “limited” benefits for chronic ...

Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...