People today are yearning for the experience of being understood. Satisfying this need is key to healing an age of anger and ...

Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also ...

Many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from abdominal pain even between acute inflammatory flare-ups. Altered processing of pain in response to fear may be involved. This is the ...

Many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from abdominal pain even between acute inflammatory flare-ups.

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Research suggests that the nerve injury itself is to blame. Itch-sensing nerves, much like pain-sensing ones, can go haywire ...

This article contains references to suicide and psychological trauma. The Armenian translation of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s ...

A new study shows that abstinent smokers experience heightened pain sensitivity linked to altered activity in specific brain ...

He highlights eight types of breakups — such as “The You Cheated/You Left Me for Someone Else” and “The Break Up That Never ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, ...

Science shows that people sometimes choose more pain and the reasons may surprise you. Our brains value meaning, control, and ...

Kidwai Memorial Institute plans a 50-bed hospice for terminally ill cancer patients, enhancing compassionate end-of-life care ...