It’s been 31 years since one of the darkest days in Oklahoma and American history as the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah ...

Since the start of last year, the Department of Homeland Security has taken longer and longer to process applications.

The Walking Dead spinoff Dead City is gearing up for its third season, and new details have seemingly revealed the total ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. From stubbing your toe to dealing with the occasional headache or sore back, to ...

Most of us — an estimated 8 out of 10 people in the United States — will experience back pain at some point in our lives, and the number of people who describe their pain as chronic has been on the ...

When Caroline Beall, DO, a family and sports medicine physician in Michigan, was 16, she felt a deep, burning ache radiate across her lower back during volleyball practice. Osteopathic manipulation ...

Scientists who study chronic pain have long puzzled over a particular type of scenario: A man and woman get into a car accident and sustain the same injuries. But the woman experiences long-lasting ...

When experiencing pain after surgery, patients are often prescribed powerful opioid pain relievers. These medications are addictive, and patients who have never abused drugs can become dependent on ...

New research suggests pain is not a simple signal of injury but a process that unfolds across nerves, spinal cord, and brain. Scientists are now targeting earlier points in that pathway, before pain ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that can last months or years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

Foot pain is one of those frustrations people often try to ignore – until ignoring it becomes impossible. “For many, foot pain is something to try to ‘push through,’ but over time, it can impact daily ...