Acute pain can last a moment; rarely does it become chronic pain. Chronic pain persists for long periods. It is resistant to most medical treatments and causes severe problems.

I think we’re past the point where I have to explain that chronic pain is not the result of imbalanced ... reasonably well-off white woman with a clean medical history and no significant record ...

State Sen. Laura Fine’s (D-Glenview) bill to ensure necessary medication for individuals with chronic pain was signed into ...

Most states allow some form of "medical marijuana". Medical marijuana is especially popular with pain patients, many of whom ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the opioid crisis in North America led many health care providers to realize they relied too heavily on ...

Despite advances, there remain gaps in the understanding of and personalized treatment for chronic pain in rheumatology, especially among women.