Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...

The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other parts of the brain. A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy ap ...

Stress due to grief or loss can alter the permeability of your gut, sometimes called “leaky gut,” making it harder to contain ...

A new Brazilian study has revealed the key role of the protein periostin and stellate pancreatic cells in allowing pancreatic ...

Trauma may be even more complex than previously thought. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often portrayed in popular ...