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It may be the nation's last, accepted form of prejudice. But the stigmatization of obesity has repercussions beyond the pain it inflicts on its targets: It threatens to impede efforts to fight the obesity epidemic.

A recent study shows that people with joint pain reported that the weather affected their pain level -- even before the weather changed. Dr. Holly Phillips reports.

You've probably had the feeling. Your running shoes are pounding the pavement--then suddenly your pain fades away, and you're feeling euphoric

The best mentor isn't the one that kindly guides and supports you. What you really want is someone who scares the bejesus out of you.

When a woman falls ill, her pain may be more intense than a man's, a new study suggests. [More]

In the mid-2000s, when scientists questioned whether the campaign to rid the world of polio could succeed, skeptics pointed to a problem that some called PAIN . [More]

IBM's Commuter Pain study calculates the places where getting to work causes the most mental anguish. Traffic is down because of high gas prices, but the pain is still there.

Chronic pain affects at least one in three adults in the U.S., which is more than the sum total of those with heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. For many of these 116 million Americans, their pain is severe and eludes available treatments. In addition to the human suffering, the monetary cost of medical treatment and lost productivity has reached $635 billion a year

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Navman Wireless’s Vice President, Renaat Ver Eecke . What Renaat said about how he led his company to success sounded very similar to Adrian Slywotzky’s hassle map . Below, Renaat describes how market research led to big success for Navman Wireless.