Jo Cameron was 65 when she had hip replacement surgery. Her pain score afterward was zero out of ten. The following year, she ...

Like most physicians I have performed countless pelvic examinations, many of them using the metal speculum; a duck billed instrument with two arms that come together at a hinge. It’s usually inserted ...

Like visual or auditory sensations, the body sensation 'pain' informs us about the world, or at least our experience in it. After I touched a hot plate, damaged cells from my fingers sent signals ...

“Novocaine” is now in theaters, and its entire premise hinges on the idea that its hero simply cannot feel pain. Naturally, it begs the question: Is his genetic condition real? Directed by Dan Berk ...

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Chronic pain and illness is an isolating, disheartening experience that often stumps mental health professionals and leaves their clients confronting the complexity of their grief alone. Clients with ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...