Gy, short for gray, is a unit that measures the amount of energy from radiation deposited into a unit mass of tissue. Dr. Kim says that a single low dose of radiation for knee pain would be about 5 ...

Whether it's a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly one in four Americans. UC San Francisco's Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D., neurologist and pain ...

An experimental cannabis-derived medication was safer and more effective than placebo and opioids for treating chronic lower back pain in two late-stage trials, researchers said.

UCSF neurologist Dr. Shirvalkar studies nerve-to-brain connections to find new ways to treat chronic back pain.

New research raises red flags about acetaminophen use in pregnancy, linking it to autism and ADHD risks in children.

Researchers have identified a novel way to block pain signals, paving the way for better medications to treat chronic pain. The news comes days after Trump denounced Tylenol.

Decades of slow-moving research, along with broader failures of the healthcare system, have left millions of people in daily ...

“Nitazenes are an emerging class of synthetic opioids that are even more potent than fentanyl and often undetected by routine drug tests,” said corresponding author Ryan Mortman, MD, a resident in the ...

These pain relief methods include creams, exercise, CAM therapies, footwear, nerve treatments and injections. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 76.2 million, or 26% of Americans, ...

There is a time for everything. Now is the time for the Department of Veterans Affairs to go opioid-free. When I first began practicing medicine at the VA, it was common to “prescribe” alcoholic ...