In the recent study on pain, researchers investigated three variations in the SCN9A gene, and reported greater pain ...

This video documents a controlled experiment designed to observe how the human body reacts to the hottest peppers on Earth.

Alcohol's ability to increase people's pain threshold is one reason that drinking also leads to more aggressive behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the less pain that study ...

A growing body of research suggests that mice and people with red hair may have higher pain thresholds. On the other hand, some research suggests redheads “may be especially sensitive to pain.” ...

Physical activity stimulates the release of endorphins (natural painkillers) and promotes the production of anti-inflammatory ...

If a person hides their own hand and focuses on a rubber hand instead, they may perceive it as part of their own body under certain conditions. What sounds like a gimmick could one day be used to help ...

Dr. Adriaan Louw has heard the term "pain revolution" before. The physical therapist and scientist has been researching chronic pain for more than 30 years. Over the decades, he has witnessed the rise ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...