The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...

CALGARY, Canada — For decades, women suffering from chronic pain have been told “it’s all in your head” when treatments that work for men fail them. Now, research from the University of Calgary ...

“Women are born with pain built in. It’s our physical destiny.” With those words, Kristin Scott Thomas’s character in the TV show Fleabag nailed a truth: that to be female is to be over-represented in ...

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