Back pain often happens because something is off in the way your spinal joints, muscles, discs, and nerves fit together and move. Nighttime back pain is a special type of lower back pain that ...

This rate in cases with RLQ pain was significantly greater compared with the indications for medical check-ups. Conclusions: Terminal ileum intubation during colonoscopy identifies significant ...

It's located right here between the ileum and the sacrum ... Brad: Some typical symptoms of SI joint pain. Oftentimes people ...

There are many different names for the over-the-counter (OTC) medications that people take to relieve joint pain. Most products rely on just a few ingredients to do that. Here's what you need to ...

There are many possible causes of bone pain, including arthritis, fracture, and growing pains. Less commonly, it can point to bone cancer. Bone pain may present as tenderness initially ...

Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in males. How can it be prevented? Is it curable? To know the answers, read on.

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Ever wanted to know what a bullet ant sting feels like, without putting yourself through the pain? Wondering what’s worse, the sting of a fire ant or warrior wasp? You’ve come to the right place.

Pain and pleasure are powerful motivators of behaviour and have historically been considered opposites. Emerging evidence from the pain and reward research fields points to extensive similarities ...

Evidence suggests chronic pain can affect the mechanism that regulates blood pressure, causing blood pressure to become too high. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is when the ...

Megan Hodge’s first bout of intense pain arrived when she was in her mid-20s. Hodge and her husband were getting ready to visit family for Thanksgiving. Though Hodge had been dealing with a ...