Researchers used visual threat manipulation and thermal stimulation in the virtual reality environment to investigate how the ...

Researchers used visual threat manipulation in the virtual reality environment and thermal stimulation to investigate how the brain perceives pain. They found that the brain perceives pain more ...

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As the popularity of holistic healing therapies continues to grow, Lauren Goodwin-Grafton tried out a sound bath experience ...

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With the goal of informing clinician practice, a new study explores the harms and benefits of continuing and of discontinuing the long-term prescription of opioid medicines to adults with chronic pain ...

Investigators at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have uncovered how heat causes a critical receptor protein within cells to unfold and relay pain, which could open up new ...

"A Real Pain" is a moving exploration of inherited trauma and family bonds in which cousins must confront their own identities and the weight of intergenerational trauma.

Who knew? Laughing out loud is a proven health booster. Here, all the ways being in stitches tunes up your body and mind.

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