Acute pain is sharp, sudden, and short-lived discomfort. It typically lasts only a brief time. Though it may not be serious, it could point to an underlying problem in some cases. Acute pain comes on ...

Acute pain is sudden and intense, while chronic pain is persistent and typically lasts longer than 3 months. Acute pain is short-term and typically occurs in a specific area of the body. It is usually ...

A 70-year-old Korean-born man calls in on Monday morning to make an appointment for an evaluation of acute joint pain, which started yesterday. He is in a significant amount of pain and would like to ...

In a laboratory at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Alexander Binshtok, a pain neurobiologist, and his group peer into rodent brains to understand the mechanisms of pain. But that isn’t what he ...

Pain is a universal experience, but how it’s felt and for how long can vary dramatically from person to person. For some, a surgery or herniated disc is a temporary agony that fades with time. For ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common cause of elbow arthritis. The long-term disease makes your immune system attack the lining of your joints, causing pain, swelling, and inflammation. It often ...

Shoulder and elbow pain are some of the most common aches and pains people experience. Since the shoulder and elbow joints are also some of the most frequently used in your body, pain and injuries in ...

Cubital tunnel syndrome is a rare condition causing compression of the ulnar nerve, resulting in neuropraxia as the nerve transverses the cubital tunnel of the elbow. Symptoms typically include ...

With the world in an opioid crisis, the development of non-opioid analgesics has become more urgent. A series of Phase 3 clinical trials into a novel oral, non-opioid painkiller has found that it’s ...

*The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new non-opioid prescription medication, Journavx (suzetrigine), for adults with moderate to severe acute pain. Developed by Vertex ...