When bullying severs one’s belonging at work, the pain is intense and prolonged, activating the same parts of the brain as ...

Douglas’s condition is fairly typical. About 8 in 10 people will have back pain sometime in their lives—and it tends to ...

Up to 4% of women may be affected by a condition that can cause intense pain, burning, tingling and other distressing ...

Why heartbreak hurts as much as physical pain by revealing how emotional distress mirrors physical injury in the brain and body.

So why can “small” things hurt so much? Pain as Protection. You might have noticed that my examples were mostly skin-related. And the skin is the first (and thus most important) layer of ...