Researchers are finally trying to understand the complex causes of menstrual pain, or dysmenorrhea—and potential solutions.

Women's pain has long been ignored and undertreated — experts say that could be changing. (Getty Images) Two major developments in women's health have recently made news: less invasive alternatives to ...

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 ...

Abigail Libers, 39, experienced her first string of daily headaches when she was just 12 years old. As her pain intensified, her mom booked appointments with a doctor, a chiropractor, and an ...

It is, unfortunately, far too common for women to go into medical settings complaining of pain and have to deal with being ignored or dismissed by medical providers. The so-called pain gap is causing ...

A new study finds many women may be surprised by the intensity of the pain they experience from a chemical abortion. The study, published this week in the journal BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, ...

“Women are born with pain built in. It’s our physical destiny.” With those words, Kristin Scott Thomas’s character in the TV show Fleabag nailed a truth: that to be female is to be over-represented in ...

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Many women who end their pregnancies early with an abortion pill are told that the pain will be similar to period cramps and are then surprised by how painful it is, a British survey found. Medical ...

It is a common misconception that because women are able to give birth and routinely deal with sometimes agonizing period cramps, they are somehow better able to tolerate pain than men. (It is ...

A 32-year-old woman with a recent dry cough presents to the emergency department (ED). The patient reports a 6-day history of right upper quadrant pain that is worse when she coughs, moves, laughs, or ...