I stared into his eyes for two seconds, glanced at the surrounding crowd, looked down at my skinny fingers as I placed them with frustration on the cold café table, and whispered, “Sure.” Then I ...

The right temporoparietal junction is causally involved in how we perceive and understand other people’s pain. When you see someone else fall off their bike, you can feel the other person’s pain ...

Many people struggling with depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns view their emotional struggles as heavy burdens to the people in their lives. As such, they attempt to mask their ...

For many of us living with chronic illness, pain is an unwelcome fact of life. Perhaps it ebbs and flows; perhaps it remains constant—but the experience of pain changes people. Elaine Scarry talks ...

People tend to think about pain as a biological process, says Elizabeth Losin, a biobehavioral health professor at Pennsylvania State University. “You step on a thumbtack, it sends a message up to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — The satisfaction ...

You’re watching a movie when the hero takes a brutal hit, and suddenly you find yourself wincing, your body tensing as if you were the one being struck. Or maybe you’ve watched someone get a paper cut ...

Michael Henry has received funding from the Australian government in the form of RTPd fee offset and stipend scholarships. Lorimer Moseley has received support from: Reality Health, IPAR, ...

If you or someone you love is living with arthritis — then you already know how frustrating it can be. Daily tasks become harder, favorite activities fall by the wayside, and you may start to wonder: ...

The suspect charged with killing the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare was said to have back issues, one of the most common medical problems nationwide. By Dani Blum and Emily Schmall Friends of the ...