We are told this: The mind is able to control the body. For the chronic pain patient who may have seemingly exhausted treatment options, this notion of mind over matter takes on a hopeful urgency.

Approximately 20 million adults are affected by high-impact chronic pain. People generally think of pain as a purely physical sensation, but it is just as important to address its psychological impact ...

You’re lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. Your eyes are tired, but your mind is wide awake, replaying old conversations, imagining worst-case scenarios, questioning every decision. Overthinking ...

Millions of people go to the emergency room with chest pain and many feel disregarded and dismissed by healthcare professionals. Understanding the mind-body connection can help.

For thousands of years, meditation has been used to help people alleviate stress, overcome bad habits and emotional insecurity, increase creativity, develop concentration, harness mental capabilities, ...

Sarno’s theory has met skepticism from the mainstream community, but glowing testimonies from patients who say they benefitted from his strategies fill the internet. Sarno wrote several books on his ...

For most people, psoriasis causes red, itchy, and scaly patches on the skin. But for some, the tight, dry, and inflamed lesions can also cause pain in the skin. One study found that pain was ...

I'm 28 years old, and I live with a body and mind that seem to have conspired against me. Every day, I deal with a set of invisible disorders that make my reality complex, exhausting, and often ...

The guidance states that pain management should be a “shared decision making” process and that physicians need to counsel their patients about options before the procedure. Most importantly, it states ...

Lately, we have come to expect war photography as unassailably accurate and objective as the news with which it is featured, as unslanted as its accompanying text. A photographer of the recent war in ...