Many people’s knees squeak, crack, or crackle, a phenomenon known as crepitus. Most of the time, it’s no big deal at all. But a loud popping sound accompanied by pain and swelling indicates an injury.

People often think of pharmaceutical treatments and meditation to ease physical pain, but pain can be alleviated with music therapy. A study published in Science explored the neural circuits in the ...

As I witnessed the droning sounds of Tarek Atoui’s hybrid sculpture performance Organ Within at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, I noticed a family of four—two young parents with two ...

Ryan Nelson has an "internal alarm clock" ringing in his head, and it never shuts off. The condition is called tinnitus and it causes a continuous ringing or buzzing in the ear without an external ...

Knee popping is often harmless and may occur when a person exercises. However, when it occurs alongside pain, it may be a sign of an underlying problem, such as arthritis or a knee injury. With a knee ...

New research in mice demonstrates that pain relief by sound is not purely attributable to stress reduction and distraction; the study reveals a neural circuit underlying sound-induced analgesia in the ...

Pain is more than a direct response to physical injury. It is a multifaceted experience that includes emotional and sensory components. Psychological stress, including exposure to others in pain, has ...

Pain is an important physiological response in living organisms. While physical pain is an outcome of tissue damage, pain can manifest as diverse unpleasant sensory and emotional experiences. Many ...