Laser therapies may help with pain after a root canal, but a review of published studies shows their effectiveness can vary significantly. Further research is needed to identify the optimal approach.

A 26-year-old woman lost all of her teeth and has to wear a full set of dentures after her smile was “obliterated” when ...

To see him now, you'd be hard pressed to imagine what Harvey Deaton has been through. He's fit and healthy and enjoys ...

While most stroke survivors can usually recover some function through treatment and rehabilitation, they tend to hit a “major plateau” after the first six months of recovery, he said. Vivistim, when ...

Natalie Lacasse was left with no teeth and in constant pain after a side effect from painkillers which she made a mistake ...

A peptide hormone produced in the brain that triggers physiological reproductive responses has been 'hacked' by scientists to ...

Researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that is based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.

University of Queensland researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that ...

Until my mid-40s, my approach to gum health was, at best, sporadic. I had always suspected that flossing was one of those ...

People on blood thinners have a doubled risk of dangerous internal bleeding if they also take a non-steroidal anti-inf ...

If Tylenol isn’t doing the job with pain control, then I might suggest applying topical NSAIDs like diclofenac (Voltaren).