Stanford Hospital & Clinics’ new Gastrointestinal Pain Program brings together gastroenterologists and pain physicians in a new multi-disciplinary treatment approach, according to a news release by ...

Sean Mackey, MD, PhD is the Redlich Professor and Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at Stanford University, where he leads the Stanford Pain Management Center, one of the nation’s premier ...

Stanford University study says women feel pain more strongly than men. Jan. 23, 2012— -- Tiiu Leek's pain began suddenly nearly a decade ago, upending her successful career as a television ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This past January, 13-year-old Cameron Bozdog of Atherton, Calif., was happy and active with running, swimming and soccer. Then, her left heel started hurting. Not ...

Scientists at Stanford and UCSF will conduct two clinical trials to test the use of ultrasound waves to ease pain in cancer patients whose cancer has metastasized to their bones, according to a San ...

In the early 1800s, leg amputations free of acute pain seemed impossible. However, the first widely used anesthetic, called ether, was right around the corner. Sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus ...