Scientists have identified a protective brain pathway that may help slow the progression of Parkinson's disease by strengthening the brain's own dopamine‑producing neurons, but the positive effect was ...

Chronic pain lasts longer for women than men, and new research suggests that differences in hormone-regulated immune cells, called monocytes, may help explain why. Researchers headed by a team at ...

Somewhere around your early forties, things can start to feel a little off. Sleep gets lighter, moods shift unexpectedly, ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...

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Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that acts via an immune cell and points toward a different way of treating chronic pain. Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the ...

In women, body ache, fatigue, abdominal discomfort, and weakness may be mistaken for PMS, a painful period, viral fever, or early pregnancy unless malaria is actively considered.