A Winchester doctor can no longer prescribe controlled substances after reaching an agreement with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

WASHINGTON — A story in today's New York Times points up a new aspect of the unfortunate phenomenon of people seeking treatment for dental problems in hospital emergency rooms: patients claiming to be …

Remedy Acupuncture Clinic in San Francisco is Specializing in Post-Surgery Pain Management, and Eliminating the Need for Long-Term Pain Medication.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 Acupuncture is emerging into a widely accepted method for pain management. Many recent studies conclude that acupuncture for post-surgery pain control is very valuable. …

When Bowling Green musician and glaucoma patient Mitchell Plumlee underwent eye surgery last year, he says he writhed in pain for two weeks because his surgeon didn’t send him home with prescription p

SATURDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) — Even when they report severe pain, black children and teens are less likely than white youngsters to receive medication for abdominal pain when they're treated in U.S. emergency departments, a new study finds.

SAN DIEGO, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Centers for Disease Control reports annual deaths involving opioid pain relievers has quadrupled in a decade to nearly 15,000 in the United States. In New …

Dr. Josh Wagner, The Life House Chiropractic founder, denounces falsehoods about Fibromyalgia, announces launch of DrJoshWagner.com, a Fibromyalgia-specific treatment and community website — with free “Freedom From Fibromyalgia” eBook.New York, NY (PRWEB) April 26, 2012 The physical and emotional pain and suffering may be very real, but the chronic pain condition now known as "Fibromyalgia" is …

Posted April 24, 2012, at 5:27 p.m.

Alistair Overeem appeared before the Nevada State Athletic Commission to answer to the charges of elevated levels of testosterone-to-epitestosteron from a surprise drug test in March. The final result will keep the UFC heavyweight out of action for almost all of 2012.

In a small study, The Scripps Research Institute finds that the pain and epilepsy medication gabapentin could help people stop smoking marijuana.