On April 28 MythBusters takes a crack at two pain myths: whether women handle pain better than men and whether redheads are more susceptible to pain than everyone else. A clip from the show is above. Once Jamie and Adam have had their way with these good sport "test subjects," they head to Stanford School of Medicine to meet pain specialist, Lawrence Chu, MD, who helps them bust a few myths and face the painful truth.
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