Pain measurement drives painkiller development, yet "rate your pain 1-to-10" methods are notoriously unreliable. Our research shows money works better.

"On a scale from one to ten, how would you rate your pain?" is the standard question doctors ask to assess pain. The problem ...

The way we measure pain is often on a scale from one to 10. How bad do you feel? It's not a perfect system. Pain is subjective, and one person's 10 could be another's three. It creates a challenge for ...

WASHINGTON -- Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating ...

Asking people how much money they would accept to experience pain again can provide a more accurate and comparable measure of pain levels than the familiar 1–10 scale, according to an international ...

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A company is looking at blood as a possible diagnosis tool for mental illness. Blood tests can check for infections and high cholesterol, but currently, they can’t test for mental illness or pain. A ...

Asking people how much money they would accept to experience pain again can provide a more accurate and comparable measure of ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration ...

"On a scale of one to ten, how much does it hurt?" If you've suffered an injury or painful illness, you've probably heard this question. It is quick and to the point. In emergency rooms, physicians ...