Hannah and Dara investigate a medical phenomenon that's been known about for centuries but is often misunderstood; and involves masses of unanswered questions.

(THE CONVERSATION) Pain is easy to understand until it isn’t. A stubbed toe or sprained ankle hurts, but it makes sense because the cause is clear and the pain fades as you heal. But what if the pain ...

I have a vague memory of learning about the brain and pain in the early seventies when I was an undergraduate student. Pain gateways in the brain had something to do with our individual pain ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Failure of mirror therapy to relieve phantom limb pain may often be the result of insufficient length of treatment. The more severe the pain, the longer the time required, a new ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Post-stroke pain can develop weeks or months after a stroke and ...

A spinal cord stimulator combined with a shoe sensor improves balance and walking stability in people who have lost a foot – and unexpectedly, it also dramatically reduces phantom limb pain, a type of ...

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