Maybe it’s because I grew up in Oklahoma that I had a fascination with herbs, spices and everything healing since I was a child. Living on a farm twenty miles from the county seat of Enid my sisters and I explored every leaf, rock, feather and animal that inhabited and surrounded our home. We grew [...]

By Al Sears, MD
PAIN… In my work, I’ve seen more kinds than I can count.
Joint pain… back pain… headache… stomachache… eye pain… tooth pain… earache… stiff, aching neck pain… labor pain… kidney stone pain…

One patient even told me her hair hurt!
Believe me, I could go on. But my point is this…
All these kinds of pain [...]

Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable
By LiveScience Staff
That muttered curse word that reflexively comes out when you stub your toe could actually make it easier to bear the throbbing pain, a new study suggests.
Swearing is a common response to pain, but no previous research has connected the uttering of an expletive to the actual physical experience [...]