Alcohol's ability to increase people's pain threshold is one reason that drinking also leads to more aggressive behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the less pain that study ...

A growing body of research suggests that mice and people with red hair may have higher pain thresholds. On the other hand, some research suggests redheads “may be especially sensitive to pain.” ...

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in the tissue around oral cancers both increases nerve sensitivity and ...

New DNA Study Links Human's Low Pain Tolerance to Ancient Genetic Roots ...

When Northeastern professor Yingzi Lin visited her father after his hip replacement, doctors asked him to measure his level of pain on the standard score of zero to 10. He couldn't do it, says Lin, ...

A study has uncovered new insights into how the brain processes and integrates pain information. The research goes beyond identifying brain areas that respond to pain, revealing the mechanisms behind ...

Dr. Adriaan Louw has heard the term "pain revolution" before. The physical therapist and scientist has been researching chronic pain for more than 30 years. Over the decades, he has witnessed the rise ...

Men and women experience pain differently, and until now, scientists didn’t know why. New research says it may be in part due to differences in male and female nerve cells. Pain-sensing nerve cells ...

When people discuss their experiences of getting tattoos, sustaining sports injuries or giving birth, a question often comes up: Do people of different sexes experience pain differently? It turns out ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

Joshua Pate has received speaker fees for presentations on pain and physiotherapy. He receives royalties for children's books. Tory Madden receives funding from the National Institutes of Health for ...