As a life-saving alarm system, pain keeps us focused on distress, for the purpose of relieving it. Pain motivates behavior that will help heal, repair, or improve. A pain in your foot, for example, ...

It’s funny—when I think about the most painful experiences in my life, both physically and emotionally, I notice that the amount of hurt I felt at the time is not proportional to how much I shudder ...

Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that can last months or years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder ...

Pain is something we all experience, but some injuries and conditions go far beyond ordinary discomfort and become almost unbearable. Doctors often use pain scales to measure severity, but patients ...

How do juries put a price tag on an injured patient's pain and suffering? Whereas economic or "special" damages -- essentially past and future medical expenses and past and future earnings losses -- ...

If you’ve been in a car accident in California, you need to arm yourself with information to protect your rights. Not all injuries are visible. Just because a doctor, police officer, or crash ...

Many of hockey's greatest stories are about pain, suffering and redemption. They mirror the human condition. In them we often see ourselves.