A new study demonstrates that machine-learning strategies can be applied to routinely collected physiological data, such as heart rate and blood pressure, to provide clues about pain levels in people ...

Adults self-report their pain on a one to 10 numerical score, while children can point to an equivalent face scale -- from a green smiling face to a red crying face -- to indicate their pain. Newborns ...

Asking people how much money they would accept to experience pain again can provide a more accurate and comparable measure of ...

Sickle Cell disease, or SCD, occurs in a person when their red blood cells have an unusual shape. Usually, they are shaped like a sickle, which makes the blood more difficult to flow through the body.