When you bump your knee, cut your lip, or twist your ankle, the sudden, sharp feeling is somatic pain. Somatic pain is generally described as musculoskeletal pain. Nociceptors in the skin, muscles, ...

A weakening economy is already pressuring consumer spending, with shoppers cutting back on snacks and cigarettes. Now, benefit reductions for low-income consumers could pile on still more pressure.

1 School of Social Sciences and Professions, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom 2 Healthcare Research & Policy Division, Q3 Research Institute (QRI), Ann Arbor, MI, United States ...