Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com In honor of Valentine's Day, FOX News aired a story yesterday on the Stanford study showing the painkilling effect …
Category: Pain
Helping kids manage chronic pain
The American Pain Society estimates that chronic pain affects up to 20 percent of children, yet few programs exist in the country to address the …
Stanford research provides insight on pain, love
The San Jose Mercury News' Sandeep Ravindran revisits today Stanford research showing that passionate feelings of love can serve as a painkiller of sorts. In …
Professor Sean Mackey discusses the painkilling power of love
Yesterday, Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, and his collaborator, Jarred Younger, PhD, announced findings, published in PLoS One, showing that intense, passionate feelings of love can …
Oh what a pain
Melanie Thernstron has written a wonderful book about pain. I know it sounds oxymoronic, pain and wonderful. Yet The Pain Chronicles is a sharp and …
Sugar can help sweeten the pain of shots
A new study, appearing in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, shows that giving babies a few drops of sugar can lessen the pain of …
MythBusters looks at pain myths with Stanford doctor on April 28
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 …
Studies show imagery, meditation can help with pain
After having two children, and practically missing out on the (much needed) epidural with my second, I have tons of respect for women who labor …
Improving the treatment of chronic pain in the U.S.
More than 30 health organizations have endorsed a new study from the Mayday Fund recommending broad changes in how chronic pain is assessed and treated. …