Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

Between relieving pain and speeding up recovery time after spinal surgery, a new study found various benefits associated with phone counseling.

What is currently considered to be the "gold standard" for post-shoulder surgery pain management may not be as effective as what once was believed.

While supplemental feeding of wildlife may seem beneficial for animals, a new study suggests that it has the potential to increase the spread of infectious diseases to humans.

What may seem like a common cold or energy-draining flu could actually be a more serious infection, as examined by JAMA Internal Medicine.

As the use of long-term opioid therapy to treat chronic pain continues to be a hotly debated topic, a new study in PAIN analyzed the extent to which patients misuse their medications and the risk of addiction associated with these behaviors.

By using genetically modified corn, researchers are another step closer to an oral vaccine for hepatitis B, a virus that has infected almost two billion people worldwide.

The pain that typically accompanies osteoarthritis may be associated with excess mortality among middle-aged women, British scientists reported.

While children with HIV may have low levels of a key immune cell, a new study shows that most will recover the cell with proper treatment.

Although the relationship between pain and spatial representation is unclear, a study published in Current Biology took steps in understanding how pain is activated in the brain and raised the possibility of reducing the sensation.

Researchers will no longer have to test Ebola virus vaccines using the virus strain from the 1976 Zaire outbreak because the results from phase 1 of a new trial are in.

Putting an end to a lethal virus may mean going directly to the source, as one study suggests a possible approach to stopping the transmission of the Ebola virus.

When it comes to a total knee replacement (TKR), gender proved to be an important factor in a new study that shows men have better function before and after the surgery.

The relationship between a blood thinner and the body's natural defense against HIV was discussed in new research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

The number of abuse, addiction, and opioid poisoning diagnoses has decreased since the introduction of reformulated OxyContin, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 31st Annual Meeting.

Despite a lack of new antibiotics on the market, a study that will be presented at the European Association of Urology conference shows that a change in the way the drugs are used can reduce bacterial resistance.

Although there is not an existing blood test that can identify early-stage osteoarthritis (eOA), a new biomarker finding documented in Nature Scientific Reports could be the first step in developing one.

As the lifespan of adults living with cystic fibrosis (CF) has increased, a new study in the European Respiratory Journal predicts the number of cases will dramatically rise by 2025.