Yet women often report greater post-surgical pain and lower pain threshold than men. This difference stems from numerous biological, psychological and social factors. As a female dentist, it made me ...

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 ...

To all the women who've heard the frustrating "it's all in your head" in response to medical maladies, a new study out Friday ...

Women in their 40s are more likely to have dental anxiety than any other age group, according to an ongoing University of Sydney study on dental anxiety and phobia. The case-control study, now ...

There’s a laundry list of things that men and women experience differently, but new research finds that pain may be yet another one. For the study, researchers analyzed data from two clinical trials ...

Headaches and migraines are both examples of chronic pain. They also affect women disproportionately. Googling “Women’s pain ignored by doctors” brings up over 3.6 million results, many of which have ...