The Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has discovered a brain mechanism that makes us crave sugar even when we are full. This pathway releas ...

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 ...

Chronic pain is complex and difficult to treat. Prescribing opioid pain medications has become controversial but may help ...

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

The left is unlikely to reverse the fatal blow that President Donald Trump dealt this system of state-sponsored racism.

We heal emotional pain with our innate ability to create value and meaning in our lives. That must be our focus, for it is ...

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.

“Laughter triggers the release of feel-good endorphins, our body’s natural painkillers, helping to relax muscles and reduce ...