Pain is a complex physiological and psychological phenomenon that is subjective in nature. Pain is still one of the most ...

"One of the causes, we think, is a disc that degenerates, and a pain mechanism that hasn’t been exactly elucidated. This study is suggesting a likely mechanism for a disc to become painful.” The ...

6 Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Research Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences and Keele Clinical Trials Unit, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK The need for pain to be avoided ...

The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and females process pain, a mouse study finds.

Scientists have discovered that female hormones like estrogen and progesterone can trigger immune cells near the spinal cord to release natural opioids, easing pain before it reaches the brain.

The dog needed regular steroids to manage pain, but the long-term side-effects were worrying. Sarin then learnt about Bowen therapy and embraced it. "After treatment, our dog gradually stopped ...

The intensity of pain decreases "We showed that the perceived ... "We assume that the mechanism behind the rubber hand illusion is the multisensory integration of visual, tactile (here nociceptive ...