The Trump administration on Thursday moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Should the Drug Enforcement Administration approve the rescheduling request, it would mark a significant ...

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A new study has found that a widely used depression screening questionnaire is accurate for people with and without chronic ...

Imagine living with constant pain every day. You have to plan your day around your pain: which shoes you can wear, how long you can sit, whether you can commute. While the physical aspect of pain is ...

A large, two-year study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and consisting of more than 1,400 adults living with chronic pain across the United States found that people who struggle to ...

U.K. resident Fiona McNiven can tell you how chronic pain can wear a person down, as she spent more than three decades battling muscle and neuropathic pain.

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Both direct and indirect exposure to gun violence are linked to higher rates of chronic pa ...

Research links rape and sexual assault to long-term chronic health issues. Shutterstock Global figures estimate that around one in six women will experience sexual assault during their lifetime. These ...

Learn why acute pain can sometimes become chronic and how to reduce your risk.