Many reporters brought the subject home by focusing on persons living with chronic pain in their communities. Many provided information about local resources for pain treatment. News stories also described some of the more technical reports, covering subjects such as the differing impact of the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen on pain, brain imaging of nerve pathways involved in the pain response, and efforts to identify genes that affect pain sensitivity. Washington Post , April 8, 1998. Washington Times, April 8, 1998.
Research finds women do handle pain better.
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 8, 1998. San Diego Union-Tribune, April 8, 1998. Women hurt more than men do. But they cope better, study says. Denver Post, April 8, 1998.