Billie Jean King won the battle of the sexes when she beat Bobby Riggs in a winner-take-all tennis match in 1973, but chances are, if she had sustained an injury in the match, things might have taken a different turn. That's because men and women experience pain differently, with women being the losers. Research finds that not only do women feel pain more often and more intensely than men, … [Read more...] about Why Men and Women Feel Pain Differently
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The Best Treatments for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is unrelenting. It persists when it should not and lasts longer than three to six months - well beyond the expected or the tolerable. "As we age, there is an increased frequency, severity and incidence of pain," says Dr. Lynn R. Webster, author of The Painful Truth: What Chronic Pain Is Really Like and Why It Matters to Each of Us. When you consider that 50 percent of older adults … [Read more...] about The Best Treatments for Chronic Pain