Pain Management & Complementary Medicine

A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists and engineers is creating a small wireless device that could improve studies of chronic pain.

During this podcast, Stanford pain psychologist Beth Darnall, PhD, discusses her new book, “Less Pain, Fewer Pills,” which is aimed at helping the millions of sufferers regain control over their chronic pain without the use of opioids.

Researchers have discovered that a compound they developed could potentially serve as a painkiller, with particular utility for East Asians with an alcohol-metabolizing enzyme mutation.

Mice suffering chronic pain undergo a change in brain circuitry that makes them less willing to work for a reward, even though they still want it.

Predicting, preventing and alleviating pain is the mission of Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, associate professor of anesthesia.