The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for the sensation of pain. However, a key question remains: How exactly ...

Mounting evidence backs sucrose as an analgesic for newborns — yet their experience of pain remains mysterious.

A muscle spasm could mean more than pain in your back — it could also hurt your ears. Despite being the leading cause of ...

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 ...

Neuroscientists at Stanford University have grown a tiny, two-centimeter-long ‘sausage’ made of human cells that may hold answers to one of medicine’s most persistent mysteries: how pain moves through ...

Geoffroy Laumet receives funding from US NIH and DoD CPMRP. He is a member of the US Association for the Study of Pain. Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a ...

Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally, pain fades as the body heals. But it may last longer in women than in men, ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Jeff Gadsden, MD: Hello, I'm Dr Jeff Gadsden, a professor of anesthesiology at Duke University Hospital in North Carolina. And with me is Dr Eliana ...