Men and women don’t experience pain the same way. Give someone an electric shock; bind a tourniquet tighter and tighter around their leg; submerge their hand in icy water; prick them with a pin: ...

There’s a laundry list of things that men and women experience differently, but new research finds that pain may be yet another one. For the study, researchers analyzed data from two clinical trials ...

Laurenz Casser receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. At some point between conception and early childhood, pain makes its debut. But when exactly that happens remains one of medicine’s most ...

Dr. Henneberg is a doctor specializing in women’s health and family planning. An intrauterine device, or IUD, insertion can be very, very painful. Not for all women but for many. In recent TikTok ...

Holding your hand over a hot burner triggers an immediate threat response and prompts action to address that threat. The sequence is part of the protective pain response known as the nociceptive pain ...

That mirror you look into every morning is revealing more about your pain tolerance than you ever imagined. The same genes that determine whether you have brown, blue, green, or hazel eyes are also ...