A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain—offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments.

Nature's many health benefits has been documented by decades of research PARIS: Simply looking at nature -- or even just digital pictures of it -- can relieve pain, according to new research which ...

USC and UCLA researchers have created a wireless device that uses AI to decode pain levels from brain activity and customize ...

This experiment shows how the brain can interpret — and misinterpret— pain. In your hands, you have separate sensors for heat, cold, and pain. Here's what happens when you touch something hot ...

New research suggests that premature babies and even full-term newborns experience pain very differently than adults do.

To compare how chronic pain and acute pain are represented in the brain, participants were also exposed to a painful heat stimulus experiment in the lab. This time, in two participants, the neural ...

Neuropathic pain doesn’t just affect the body – it also alters the brain. Chronic pain of this nature often leads to depression, anxiety, social isolation and a deep sense of helplessness. It can make ...

Nerves carry sensations of pain or pleasure from your body to your brain. Because nerves are essential to all you do, nerve pain and damage can seriously affect your quality of life. Types of Nerves ...

For something that’s a universal experience, pain has been pretty hard to measure, treat and even understand. That’s what Dr. Sanjay Gupta decided to write his forthcoming book, “It Doesn ...

A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain—offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments.