Most people think about pain as a simple cause-and-effect process. For example, if you touch a hot stove, you probably assume that the nerves in the skin feel how hot the stove is and signals are sent ...

Referred pain is when the pain you feel in one part of your body is actually caused by pain or injury in another part of your body. For example, an injured pancreas could be causing pain in your back, ...

That nagging pain creeping from your shoulder down toward your elbow can feel baffling, but it’s more common than you think, and often the problem isn’t where the pain shows up. Physicians recognize ...