A Norway lobster strapped to an electrode in a Swedish laboratory flips its tail violently when the current hits. Give it a ...

Most people have experienced it: when you're moving, engaged, and focused, pain fades into the background, then flares when you're immobilized with nothing to do. That isn't imagination; it's biology.

A TWICE daily blood pressure tablet may help keep migraines at bay, research suggests. The drug prazosin, which is not ...

Tiger Woods allegedly had two hydrocodone pills in his left pants pocket when he flipped his Land Rover and was subsequently arrested on DUI charges in Florida on Friday. While the drug is prescribed ...

In a year of political headwinds and regulatory uncertainty affecting large segments of the biopharma industry, this year’s most innovative companies in medicines and therapeutics nonetheless ...

There are some ways you may be able to help your pain medication work faster. However, trying to speed up how fast ...

One in five people worldwide suffers from chronic inflammatory pain. Meanwhile, about two thirds of those affected find ...

Common human painkillers also work on Norway lobsters, according to research from the University of Gothenburg. This is further evidence that crustaceans may feel pain and that more humane methods of ...

Prolonged sitting, bad posture and repetitive movements can create weak links in the muscular system that trigger ...

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 ...