A recent article in the Arizona Republic explores the genetic causes of pain experience. According to the article:

Ever noticed how two people can suffer from back pain, say, but one will moan and groan and take to bed while the other will get up and about and on with life? Pain specialists have often noted that conditions that seem similar on the outside can cause widely varying amounts of reported pain.

It’s hard to know whether some people are just more stoic or if some truly feel more pain. A new study has found the latter seems to be true.

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found a small genetic difference is linked to a higher or lower perception of pain.

You can read the entire article here.

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