There’s a significant variation in pain sensitivity and tolerance. Shutterstock December 16, 2018 Unpacking pain: what causes it and why it’s hard to measure Antonia Wadley, University of the Witwatersrand and Peter Kamerman, University of the Witwatersrand How is pain measured? A person’s pain is what they say it is.
How did it start? Pills image via www.shutterstock.com. March 17, 2016 Roots of opioid epidemic can be traced back to two key changes in pain management Theodore Cicero, Washington University in St. Louis and Matthew S. Ellis, Washington University in St. Louis We are witnessing widespread abuse of legal, prescribed drugs that, while structurally similar to illicit opioids such as heroin, are used for sound medical practices. So how did we get here?
How we experience pain depends on how we were brought up, and the cultures we live in. from www.shutterstock.com.au December 14, 2015 How different cultures experience and talk about pain Roland Sussex, The University of Queensland People in pain are subject to the ways their cultures have trained them to experience and express pain.