Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential
tissue damage. Chronic pain, with a prevalence of 20–30% is the major cause of human …

Estrogens are the hormones of reproduction in women as well as of many other important
functions in the male and female body. They undergo significant changes in the different …

Aging affects pain experience and brain functioning. However, how aging leads to changes
in pain perception and brain functional connectivity has not yet been completely understood …

Pain remains one of the most common and costly health conditions in the developed world,
and sex and gender differences in the experience of pain are well-documented …

Mindfulness-based processes have been shown to enhance attention and related
behavioral responses, including analgesia, which is discussed as an effective method in the …

The lack of highly effective treatments for fibromyalgia (FM) represents a great challenge for
public health. The objective of this parallel, pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) was two …

Background: It is currently unknown why people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) receive less
pain medication and report pain less frequently. Objective: The purpose of this study was to …

Objective A long-standing hypothesis is that when compared with males, females may be at
increased risk of experiencing greater pain sensitivity and unpleasantness. The purpose of …

Background Compared to healthy controls, people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been
shown to receive less pain medication and report pain less frequently. It is unknown if these …

Background: Sex differences in pain have been shown to exist in older adults with normal
cognition and people with Alzheimer's disease. It is unknown if sex differences in pain in …