Melatonin is known as the hormone that helps regulate the body's sleep-wake cycle. Many people take melatonin supplements to ...

I was no stranger to back pain. In my early forties, I had three episodes of severe lumbar pain, lasting several weeks each. Lumbar is just the word doctors use for “low back.” An MRI showed ...

You never forget the first time a doctor gives up: when they tell you that they don’t know what to do—they have no further tests to run, no treatments to offer—and that you’re on your own. It happened ...

As we age, low back pain becomes more common. Between the ages 20 and 59, persistent low back pain (lasting more than three months) affects nearly one in five. While you may be tempted to reach for ...

Living with Sickle Cell Disease has meant that pain is not an occasional visitor in my life; it is something I have had to learn to live with. Over the years, I have come to understand that pain does ...