I was in my early twenties, living in a little apartment two miles from my college campus in Colorado. It was a typical Wednesday night of studies, music and gossip, and it was my turn to be the chef ...
Like most physicians I have performed countless pelvic examinations, many of them using the metal speculum; a duck billed instrument with two arms that come together at a hinge. It’s usually inserted ...
BIG LAKE, Minn. - In 2004 the story of the 3-year-old girl from Minnesota who doesn’t feel pain spread around the world. Now, about to graduate from high school, Gabby Gingras still can’t feel pain – ...
Like visual or auditory sensations, the body sensation 'pain' informs us about the world, or at least our experience in it. After I touched a hot plate, damaged cells from my fingers sent signals ...
“Novocaine” is now in theaters, and its entire premise hinges on the idea that its hero simply cannot feel pain. Naturally, it begs the question: Is his genetic condition real? Directed by Dan Berk ...
“I didn’t feel it at all:” Pain from pap smears is often ignored. New methods help patients avoid it
When Noa Fleischacker had her first pap smear, she was struck by an unbearable, knife-like pain as soon as the speculum went in. “I literally was going to jump off the table,” Fleischacker recalled.
DETROIT – A Southfield woman was sentenced Tuesday for running a red light, striking a 40-year-old mother in a crosswalk, and leaving her there to die. Police said they were called at 1:06 p.m. Dec. 4 ...
If you have ever watched a fish dart away at lightning speed or wiggle out of your hand, you may have wondered whether those ...
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