Mandy Dostie went from considering MAID to going back to college thanks to a unique surgery in London, Ont., that had never been done in Canada before.

Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the most painful afflictions in modern medicine, associated with higher levels of depression and suicidal ideation.

Anne Schenkler says she's not against wearing a mask, but says in her case, it's not possible. 

Today marks the third annual international Trigeminal Neuralgia awareness day, but few people in British Columbia know about the debilitating condition. Vancouver’s 55-year-old Jennifer Sweeney had her first onset of Trigeminal Neuralgia in 2010. The triggers for the condition were in Sweeney’s mouth, so she would be in terrible pain every time she ate. “It would feel like being cut or stabbed,”...

BC Place will be changing its colour to teal tonight to raise awareness about Trigeminal neuralgia, a little known disorder characterized by episodes of intense facial pain. Toni Saunders was diagnosed with the disease in 2010, and has since rallied to bring Trigeminal neuralgia to the attention of people around the world. So a year ago,...