Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly 1 in 4 Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D, neurologist and pain medicine ...

Whether it's a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly one in four Americans. UC San Francisco's Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, Ph.D., neurologist and pain ...

A specially developed cannabis extract relieves chronic lower back pain, according to a clinical trial published Wednesday that experts are calling the first high-quality evidence that something in ...

A leaf of a Cannabis plant near Limoges. In the mountainous areas of France, some people are reported to grow a few cannabis plants for personal use. (Photo by Krisztian Elek/SOPA Images/LightRocket ...

People with chronic bad backs may soon have cause to jump for joy—carefully, of course. A large-scale, randomized, double-blinded, and controlled clinical trial has shown that a specifically ...

A specially produced compound from the cannabis plant has dramatically helped people suffering with long term back pain according to scientists in Germany. They say a 12 month clinical trial of over ...

A drug derived from cannabis eases chronic lower back pain without serious side effects or signs of addiction, making it a potentially powerful alternative to existing pain medications. There are ...

With nearly a quarter of all adults experiencing chronic back pain, many Americans are now seeking alternatives to opioids for meaningful relief. A recent study, BackInAction, shows that manual ...

A cannabis extract has been linked to reduced pain and improved sleep and physical function in adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP) without serious side effects or addiction, new phase 3 data ...

Cannabis extracts are believed to be helpful for nonsurgical back pain, but rigorous studies of their efficacy are limited. This placebo-controlled, randomized trial tested an investigational ...

Is it possible to feel physical pain without suffering? For thousands of years, that question has fueled Buddhist mindfulness practices that combat pain relief by embracing the inevitability of ...