Do males and females experience physical pain differently?
Sex differences in pain
What is a headache?
Migraines impart an incredible amount of pain, but where is the pain coming from and how can it be controlled?
The placebo effect and pain relief
For a patient experiencing pain, the belief that a pain treatment will work can be enough to reduce their pain.
Pain relief can be zen
How can mindfulness meditation help relieve physical pain?
Sensing Our Organs
Why can we tell when our stomach hurts but not know which organ is affected?
The Neuroscience of Acupuncture
New research uncovers the biology behind acupuncture’s anti-inflammatory effects
Octopi feel pain like you and I
New research shows that octopuses can have the negative emotional experience of pain
Why Does Sex Feel So Good?
What makes sex feel so good? What about it keeps our brains and bodies wanting more?
Stressing Yourself Sick: The Impact of Stress on the Gut
How does stress affect the health and function of your gut?
The Endogenous Opioid System: Your Body’s Natural Pain Reliever?
How does your body use its natural systems to relieve pain? Might we be able to use what we know about natural pain relieving processes in order to treat chronic pain and battle the opioid epidemic?
Too hot to handle
Why does too much spice feel like fire?
No pain… a lot to gain
Can anesthesia lead us to better pain killers?
Every Time We Touch
How the brain senses touch, pain, and temperature
The protein that makes you feel pain
Different conditions uncover how one protein is important in controlling pain
The quest for emotion mirror neurons
For years, scientists had predicted the existence of neurons in the brain that respond to both the experience and the observation of an emotion. It now seems that they have found them in rats!
Your Brain With A Migraine
Migraines are much more than just headaches, so what exactly is going on in the brain to cause them?
Ghost Sensations
How is it possible to feel something that is no longer there?
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