Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the brain switches pain on, revealing that neurons can release an enzyme outside ...

At the microscopic scale, the process behind muscle repair becomes increasingly complex. Healing also varies depending on the type of damage involved, as the body responds very differently to an acute ...

Pain isn’t just an alarm — it’s a survival learning system, and understanding that changes everything. In this talk, we learn ...

Researchers have demonstrated that PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 play key roles in sensing physical forces during childbirth.

Chronic pain affects millions and often resists medical treatment. German researchers are exploring how the brain’s pain ...

The event is designed for individuals who feel they have exhausted all other options for managing persistent pain.

When labor begins, the uterus must coordinate rhythmic, well-timed contractions to deliver the baby safely. While hormones such as progesterone and oxytocin are key contributors to that process, ...

A woman who was hospitalised with sepsis after years of agony says doctors feared she had cancer before discovering the true ...

Paige Hughes, who is from Manchester, spent much of her adult life battling agonising cramps, fatigue and stabbing pains which were repeatedly dismissed as "just bad periods" ...

Scientists in the laboratory of Shashank M. Dravid, PhD, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine are working to ...

Scientists have discovered that the body can naturally dull pain through its own localized “benzodiazepine-like” peptides. A groundbreaking study led by a University of Leeds scientist has unveiled ...

When labor begins, the uterus must coordinate rhythmic, well-timed contractions to deliver the baby safely. While hormones ...