Pain

A fundamental understanding of what pain is continues to evade scientists.

The enormous opioid lawsuits across the nation are affecting pain science too.

It's not just drug manufacturers who are feeling the effects of major opioid lawsuits.

New research finds a link between adolescent adversity and later-in-life pain.

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

The answer involves both biology and economics, but the opioid crisis is forcing us to consider investing more in pain research.

Pain is political. But how?

As states crack down hard on pain prescriptions, some are seeing a resurgence in abuse of the harder stuff.

For Vince Clark, immediate pain relief for his son came not from brain-stimulating devices, but something more low-tech.

Applying mild electrical currents to your head could take away pain, help memory, and improve attention—and the U.S. military is very interested.

After painful life experiences we're more likely to appreciate life's little delights.

A new study reveals that expression recognition software performs way better than humans at discriminating between real and fake emotion.

Those who participated in a fire-walking ritual felt happier and less fatigued afterwards than close relatives who spectated.

Could a new medical finding make it harder to claim something isn't torture?

That’s the tentative conclusion of two researchers, who report that frequent players of immersive games are apparently less sensitive to pain.

Scientists, regulators, and manufacturers have come up with numerous proposals that could reduce the toll of deaths and injuries from one of America’s most popular drugs.

Why, with all other things being equal, do people react more strongly to images of light-skinned individuals being harmed than they do to those involving dark-skinned individuals?

A new study from Australia finds working as an orchestral musician takes an intense physical toll.

New research from the Netherlands finds that the psychological profile of people who enjoy certain non-mainstream sex games is surprisingly positive.

A recent analysis of past studies highlights the health benefits of music, dance, and art therapy, which are now being used to ease cancer-related anxiety and pain.

Struggling to understand the Boston Marathon explosions.

New research finds simply examining a bottle of ibuprofen increases tolerance of physical suffering.

New research on endorphins finds people have higher pain thresholds immediately after performing music or dancing.