Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained as a physician and have asked ...

The Defense Department has a new tool to help military health care providers tackle one of the most complex challenges facing patients: pain. The DoD has launched a new pain rating scale that bears ...

Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says. Patients should be able to use images and metaphors ...