Left-handedness has always been something of a mystery. If you’re among the roughly 10 percent of the population that favors their left hand, you’ve probably heard all kinds of theories about your ...

The human brain includes two hemispheres connected by a bundle of nerves. The left hemisphere controls movement for the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere directs the left side. The ...

Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney are testing a new way to treat chronic nerve pain by training the ...

I have a vague memory of learning about the brain and pain in the early seventies when I was an undergraduate student. Pain gateways in the brain had something to do with our individual pain ...

As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t have a physical cause. It’s a mind-body thing, I say, related to stress and emotions. To many, this sounds ...

What if the key to reducing your chronic pain was not in tackling the symptoms, but in regulating your emotions? A recent study shows that retraining your brain to deescalate negative emotions and ...