Kidney stones: find out the causes, symptoms (including renal colic), tests and treatments. Also, how to prevent kidney stones from recurring.
pain treatments
Will a kind doctor help you feel better?
An experiment at a doctor’s office looked at whether a reassuring doctor had a positive effect of their patients. This is what was found.
Does botox help reduce migraines?
In a review of the evidence so far, French researchers looked at trials that compared a botox treatment for migraine with a placebo injection. This is what they found.
A pain in the knee
Can internet-delivered physiotherapy and pain-coping skills training intervention help reduce pain in people with chronic knee pain.
Tai Chi for the knee
Tai Chi may be good for physical and mental health in people with knee osteoarthritis.
Corticosteroid injections
Corticosteroids are medicines used to treat inflammation. Depending on the condition, steroid injections can relieve pain for several weeks to months.
What is Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes chronic (ongoing) problems with generalised pain, tenderness and muscle stiffness, plus increased response to touch.
Shingles: essential facts
People who have had chickenpox can later develop shingles (herpes zoster), when the chickenpox virus re-activates. Shingles causes a painful rash.
Epidurals
Learn about the anaesthetic procedure often used in childbirth, known as an epidural.
Neuropathy in diabetes
Neuropathy in diabetes (also called diabetic nerve damage or diabetic neuropathy) is temporary or permanent damage to nerve tissue in people with diabetes mellitus. Symptoms depend on which nerves are affected.
