3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1062+ words) Medical science traditionally views chronic pain through the lens of localized structural damage. Emerging research shifts this focus toward the autonomic nervous system and its primary sensory informant. That informant is the connective tissue, commonly known as fascia. The body…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (649+ words) Tooth pain is a sensory response localized in or around the tooth and jaws. This discomfort typically indicates inflammation or infection of the dental pulp or surrounding periodontal tissues. Dental decay and poor oral hygiene are frequent culprits. Tooth decay…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (732+ words) We tend to think we understand our bodies. Muscles, joints, maybe even how the lymphatic system works. But there is one system most of us haven't been taught to consider in a meaningful way. On this week's episode of the…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1018+ words) A prevailing fear among patients is that an MRI showing damage inevitably leads to the operating room. This "surgery-first" assumption ignores the nuances of clinical diagnosis. Imaging serves as a map, but it does not dictate the journey. Many orthopedic…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (957+ words) Classification seems academic until you are prescribing. Then it becomes vital. We usually split these into migraine with aura and migraine without aura. The mechanism differs slightly, as do the stroke risks. Migraine with aura gets the most attention in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1195+ words) The skepticism is valid. This is a beast of a surgery. Accessing the spine from the front and the back. Anterior and posterior. Traditionally, that buys you a ticket to a hospital bed for three or four days. You need…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (871+ words) Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (481+ words) An experimental medication made from marijuana successfully reduced back pain in a new study, offering further support for the drug's potential in treating one of the most common forms of chronic pain. The 800-patient study by a German drugmaker is…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (406+ words) You still see it. The soft foam collar. The automatic, almost religious response to whiplash. For decades, it was just what we did. Someone gets rear-ended, their head snaps, and boom'they walk out of the ER wearing one. The logic, on…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1051+ words) If you've ever struggled to sit down the day after squats, you know exactly what delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) feels like. It's one of those things that pretty much everyone who works out deals with, but most of us…...