The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy ...

New research shows that your brain’s “true age” can shift dramatically depending on how you live, with optimism, restorative sleep, stress management, and strong social support acting like powerful ...

LONDON — New research reveals that the neural networks responsible for processing pain develop in stages during the final weeks of pregnancy and early life, suggesting that premature babies and even ...

Using MRI-based estimates of brain age, his team found that people who adhered to healthy lifestyle habits had brains that ...

Stress is often seen as a mental and emotional burden, but its effects reach far deeper than most realize. For many, chronic stress doesn’t just weigh on the mind — it can amplify physical pain in ...

Source: Microsoft Copilot / Microsoft How Was This at All Possible? Moshé Feldenkrais had two injured knees (one long-term and one short-term), both of which resulted in ongoing pain. After walking ...

Imagine finding out your friends hosted a dinner party and didn't invite you, or that you were passed over for a job you were excited about. These moments hurt, and people often describe rejection in ...

Pain in inflammatory bowel disease is not only about tissue damage. Fear and distress are hidden drivers that intensify ...

That extra splash of hot sauce or pile of jalapeños on your plate might reveal more than adventurous taste buds. Your relationship with spicy food offers fascinating clues about how your body ...

University of Michigan (U-M) researchers set out to investigate how the sensation of enjoyable coolness on our skin is signaled to the brain, hypothesizing that there might be an unknown "wiring route ...