Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder caused by a mutation in a gene called FAAH-OUT, in which carriers feel minimal or no pain, anxiety, or fear. The mutation reduces the expression ...

CALGARY, Canada — For decades, women suffering from chronic pain have been told “it’s all in your head” when treatments that work for men fail them. Now, research from the University of Calgary ...

Headaches and migraines are both examples of chronic pain. They also affect women disproportionately. Googling “Women’s pain ignored by doctors” brings up over 3.6 million results, many of which have ...

Several years ago, my neck suddenly went bonkers—bone spurs and a long-lurking arthritic problem probably exacerbated by too many hours spent hunching over a new laptop. On a subjective scale of zero ...

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: ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Doctors may be able to develop new treatments for migraines and chronic pain in women by targeting receptors in the brain that help regulate their fertility, new research from the ...

There’s a laundry list of things that men and women experience differently, but new research finds that pain may be yet another one. For the study, researchers analyzed data from two clinical trials ...

Two major developments in women's health have recently made news: less invasive alternatives to the pap smear — long considered “an uncomfortable but necessary evil” for cervical cancer screenings — ...