We've all heard someone claim they have a "high pain threshold" as if it's a mark of strength or resilience. But does science support the idea that some people genuinely feel less pain than others?

A cross-sectional study found that static pain measures could be useful for predicting fatigue severity in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). “Pain experiences are reported by over a quarter of ...

Alcohol's ability to increase people's pain threshold is one reason that drinking also leads to more aggressive behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the less pain that study ...