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: ...

Chronic pain affects millions of people, but if you're a woman, you're more likely to suffer. This reality has puzzled doctors and researchers for decades, especially as traditional treatments ...

Pain affects everyone, but research published in NIH, shows that men and women experience it differently. Despite common myths suggesting women are more tolerant due to childbirth or menstrual cramps, ...

There are a great many things that men and women experience differently. A newly published study finds that chronic pain is one of them. It turns out that there are important distinctions in how men ...

The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...