Natural brakes on inflammation could treat chronic diseases
Researchers at University College London (UCL) have uncovered a key mechanism that helps the body switch off inflammation…
Tougher MHRA Addiction Warnings for Z-Drugs
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has strengthened warnings about the risks of dependence, addiction, withdrawal, and tolerance…
Stimulating immune cells could offer new treatment for nerve injury pain
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process…
Here’s How Long You Should Walk Every Day to Prevent Back Pain
If back pain can be reliably prevented, not only will quality of life be improved, but it will…
5 Different Types of Pain You Should Never Ignore
When it comes to severe medical situations, emergency medicine doctors see it all. They’re the physicians who folks…
Best Core Strengthening Products For Older Adults
We’re told by physical therapist and spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy Association, Karen Brandon, that core strength…
Long-term NSAID use can often lead to stomach damage
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a woman in my 80s. Is it safe to take 400 mg of…
SN101 iPSC-derived therapy relieves chronic pain and preserves joints
SereNeuro Therapeutics, a preclinical biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain therapies, unveiled new data today on a novel approach…
Pain misconceptions push one in four people towards spinal surgery – News and events
11 December 2025
If you live with constant lower back pain, surgery can start to look like…
Patients say pelvic botox injections ease endometriosis pain, but access has been pulled from the ACT public system
Amy Lane lives with a constant hum of pain, but on the worst days her endometriosis “freezes” her…
Why Does Everyone Think They Have Parasitic Worms?
Illustration: Olivier Heiligers How many photos of human excrement have you seen on social media this week? One,…
Medical Mysteries: For years she was told it was stress – a brain scan revealed the real cause
“It was concerning for me,” she said. “I’d always been regular, never on birth control.” Her gynaecologist suggested…