Pain

  • My migraines make me feel like driving a pickax through my face!

    I need help dealing with these migraines or I don't know if I'll make it!
    By Cary Tennis July 3, 2008

  • I Like to Watch

    Bring the pain! From "Knights of Prosperity" to "Rules of Engagement" to "The Winner," how much agony will the midseason sitcoms bring you?
    By Heather Havrilesky January 28, 2007

  • Pain in the brain

    The good news? The hurt is all in your mind. The bad news? The hurt is all in your mind.
    By Lynn O'Dell October 2, 2000

  • Torture lessons

    With irresistible detail, a surgeon explores the cultural and scientific universe of the body in pain.
    By Annie Murphy Paul June 12, 2000

  • Hell on earth

    When a kidney stone taught me the meaning of agony, I also learned the limits of my own weak self.
    By Albert DiBartolomeo April 27, 2000

  • Born to pop pills

    I have a well-chosen capsule for every occasion.
    By Elissa Schappell April 20, 2000

  • Life as a fate worse than death

    A lawyer tries to prevent the ultimate abuse of a tiny victim.
    By Beth Broeker March 30, 2000

  • Is it all in your head?

    Yes, but that doesn't make the pain any less real.
    By Michael Alvear March 6, 2000

  • Descending into the dungeon

    At the Black Rose, leather-clad sadomasochists walk the tightrope between pleasure and pain.
    By Virginia Vitzthum December 14, 1999

  • Beyond step and spinning

    There are as many ethnic-style workouts as ethnic restaurants in New York.
    By Christina Valhouli December 10, 1999

  • Pot on the brain

    Our bodies produce cannabis-like substances anyway, so why not put them in pill form to kill pain?
    By Damien Cave October 15, 1999

  • Fathers, sons and football

    I spent my NFL career struggling to escape the long arm of my judgmental father -- and the coaches who took his place. Was I fated to subject my sons to the same treatment?
    By Pat Toomay October 8, 1999

  • Soothing songs

    New research shows music may be as good as morphine.
    By Jon Bowen August 3, 1999

  • With enough aspirin

    Living for now in pain's company.
    By Luanne Armstrong April 22, 1999

  • Paper-clothed strangers

    Holding a stranger's hand during an abortion is an unforgetable experience.
    By Jennifer New October 8, 1997

  • Sarah McLachlan- Building a Mystery

    By Michelle Goldberg July 29, 1997
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