Differences in the prevalence of chronic pain in women vs. men are well known, and
decades of laboratory experimentation have demonstrated that women are more sensitive to …

Sex-related differences in pain and opioids has been the focus of many researches. It is
demonstrated that women experience greater clinical pain, lower pain threshold and …

Pain is an important and distressing symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). Our aim was to
determine the prevalence of pain, its various types and characteristics, as well as its impact …

Many chronic pain conditions show sex differences in their epidemiology. This could be
attributed to sex-dependent differential expression of genes (DEGs) involved in nociceptive …

Endometriosis is a chronic, hormone-dependent, inflammatory disease, characterized by the
presence and growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It affects 5–10% of the …

Patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) often experience distress, reduced
quality of life, a perceived lack of validation, and an unsatisfactory experience with health …

Multiple epidemiologic studies have demonstrated an increased prevalence for women in
several chronic pain disorders. Clinical and experimental investigations have consistently …

Human models demonstrate that experimental activation of the innate immune system has
profound effects on brain activation and behavior, inducing fatigue, worsened mood and …

Systemic inflammation can induce pain hypersensitivity in animal and human experimental
models, and has been proposed to be central in clinical pain conditions. Women are …

Gender specific all-cause mortality risk associated with a high somatic symptom burden
(SSB) in a population-based cohort was investigated. The study population included 5679 …