Can looking in a mirror cure agonising pain?
The pain in her left leg was so terrible that Suzie Knight begged her doctors to amputate it, but they repeatedly told her she was imagining her agony. Then a trainee GP suggested she may be suffering from a rare condition that affected the pain pathways in the brain

Fractures, joint pain common in overweight kids (Reuters)
Reuters - Overweight children are more likely than their normal-weight peers to suffer fractures, muscle and bone pain and other orthopedic complications, a new study shows.

Statins: Side effects of anti-cholesterol drugs questioned
They're the new anti-cholesterol wonder drugs taken by millions. But with side effects including muscle pain and depression, some experts are now asking: should they be dispensed more carefully?

Hot water bottle really does ease period pains
It is advice women have passed down through the generations - a hot water bottle on the tummy can ease period pain. Now scientists have proved that granny really did know best.

Trapped in bed for 14 years with chronic fatigue
She can't swallow. She can't speak. She's in constant pain. Yet some doctors say Lynn's illness is all in the mind. Read her story and you'll never be flippant about 'yuppie flu' again