(CNN) — Although often invisible, chronic pain is everywhere. More than one-quarter of Americans have pain lasting more than three months. (CNN) — Although often invisible, chronic pain is everywhere.

(CNN) — One day a few years ago, as I stared at all the sophisticated machinery in my operating room — high-tech microscopes, image navigation tools and exquisitely designed instruments — I was struck ...

CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta vividly remembers the day he impaled himself on a wrought iron fence. He had just turned 12, and he was running through the neighborhood when he ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...

Since your nervous system needs to be in a space of safety to regulate and allow the body to properly heal, taking the time and care to integrate the brain science behind chronic conditions is a ...

Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Psychotherapist Nicole ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s new book, “It Doesn’t Have to Hurt,” releases today. Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt.” at 9 p.m. ET on September ...