Women are more prone to persistent chronic pain than men. This difference has led scientists to examine its biological ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not ...

Everybody deals with pain at some point, but women tend to deal with chronic pain more than men. Historically, that's been chalked up to women just not being as tough as men—a dismissive ...

Feb 27 (Reuters) - The immune systems of men appear to be better equipped to shut down pain, which could explain why chronic pain is more common in women, research ‌in mice and humans suggests.

Changes to one's hippocampus, the brain's memory centre, in response to prolonged pain could be an important factor for why ...

Researchers identify the hippocampus and microglia as the "tipping point" that determines if chronic pain leads to depression ...

For most people infected with Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), the illness is over in a few weeks, marked by a febrile illness, rash, and joint and muscle pain. But for as many as 60% of patients, the virus ...

Time plays a key role in our perception of pain and administering pain relief and medication for chronic pain-related ...

Chronic pain is not like pain from an injury. It has a different cause and a different treatment. Chronic pain often arises from the brain, while injury pain comes from damaged tissue in the body like ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not others, according to research ...