pain
The Signs and Symptoms of a Brain Aneurysm
Every year, aneurysms burst in the brains of about 10 in 10,000 people.
Hospitals Are Struggling to Manage People’s Pain Amid a Shortage of Injectable Opioids
Hospitals and surgical centers scrambling to find enough injectable morphine, Dilaudid, and fentanyl, which can leave patients languishing in pain and raise the risk of dosing mistakes.
Meet the Melbourne Artist Pushing S&M to the Bleeding Edge
For "Jilf," pain is all about empowerment.
People Are Worried That the FDA Is Trying to Ban Kratom
The DEA proposed banning kratom in 2016 but backed off following massive public pressure. Instead, it asked the FDA to conduct a formal scientific evaluation.
The Joys and Horrors of Waxing Strangers' Genitals
From farting to sexual harassment, an experienced waxer explains in painful detail just how messy her job can be.
How Doctors Gaslight Women into Doubting Their Own Pain
Maya Dusenbery’s book, "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick," explains how women’s health issues have historically been dismissed—and what we can do about it now.
What It's Like to Live with One of the World's Most Painful Disorders
Trigeminal neuralgia has been compared to searing, stabbing facial pain, or "a hot rod being stabbed in your eye while your face is being burnt off with chemicals."
Holding Your Partner's Hand During Childbirth Does Actually Help
Your touch acts like a natural pain reliever.
This Type of Headache Is So Bad People Call It a Suicide Headache
"They can break you—make you question wanting to be here."
Cluster Headaches Are Way Worse Than Migraines
They're so bad that some people refer to them as "suicide headaches."
The FDA Called Kratom an Opioid, Which Is Pretty Misleading
Opioids are, by definition, compounds that interact with opioid receptors; that doesn't make them good or bad.