Trauma, pain, and addiction fuel a vicious cycle of suffering. Discover how to use mindfulness and reappraisal to restore ...

Opioids reduce the symptoms of pain, not the underlying mechanism. Moreover, these drugs damage the reward pathway in the brain and can lead to addiction. Fortunately, opioids are not the only ...

With nearly all experimental pain and addiction drugs failing to make it out of the clinic over the past five years, it’s not hard to see why pharma has been resistant to drug development in this area ...

Living with chronic pain is a challenge affecting millions of people daily. From back pain to arthritis, fibromyalgia to migraines, finding relief often requires a multifaceted approach. One of the ...

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There are parts of our area that opioids have devastated leaving leaders fighting to stop the deadly drug epidemic. Healthcare professionals are on the ...

For some patients dealing with chronic pain, doctors at the UW Health Pain Clinic have a life changing option: a pain pump. The pain pump is a small device implanted in under the skin near the abdomen ...

Last November, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted the United States will for the first time experience more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths in a 12-month period. In ...

The pain management field is currently driven by the urgent need to move beyond addictive opioids and treatment options than run the risk of toxicity at high doses, such as acetaminophen (APAP) and ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Last summer, I learned that I needed major oral surgery, including having some teeth removed, bone grafts and ...

We don’t usually think of anger and resentment the way we think about drugs or alcohol. But growing evidence suggests that, for many people, the craving for revenge follows the same patterns as ...

Re “The Other Victims of the Opioid Crisis,” by Maia Szalavitz (Opinion guest essay, Sunday Review, March 13): Thank God someone is finally addressing these draconian, though well-intentioned, ...