When pain is chronic, it’s likely that the danger signal has been triggered by emotional stress.

New research points in that direction and cites female physicians are paid less, spend more time with their patients, and work longer hours.

Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were likely to be experiencing some anxiety (worried) or depressive symptoms (sad, pessimistic) that were not serious enough to justify a diagnosis of major depression or a serious anxiety disorder.

The pandemic has worsened insomnia experienced by adults in the US. It is a disturbance that adds to the difficulties the virus has wrought...