It happens in slow motion. Your six-year-old daughter is sprinting across the playground at school drop-off time when her toe ...

Should Your Response to Pain Be Considered “Abnormal”? Somatic symptom disorder and the DSM-5 The new category of “somatic symptom disorder” created for the DSM-5 evaluates the coping abilities of ...

How well we do in love and life, and the integrity of our political and social decisions, depends on our conditioned responses to pain, distress, and discomfort. We seek endorphins (nature’s pain ...

Pain is a complex, multifaceted experience shaped by various factors beyond physical sensation, such as a person's mindset and their expectations of pain. The placebo effect, the tendency for a person ...

Dr. Zeltzer answers the question: 'Does My Child Have A Low Pain Threshold?' — -- Question: My Child Screams For A Long Time After Even The Most Minor Injury. Does This Mean He Has An Abnormal ...

Pain-sensing neurons in the gut kindle inflammatory immune responses that cause allergies and asthma, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings, published in Nature, suggest ...

All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning ...