I am pleased to have the opportunity to bring the somewhat removed but, I hope, useful perspective of a dean to the important questions being addressed today. I would like to begin with several ...

September is Animal Pain Awareness Month. Animals suffer from pain, just as people do, and it can come in many forms: surgical pain, arthritis, cancer and dental pain are just a few. Acute pain is ...

"The ability to empathize with others stems from a long evolutionary history that includes empathy-like behaviors in animals beyond humans. Whales and primates grieve alongside members of their social ...

In the early 1800s, leg amputations free of acute pain seemed impossible. However, the first widely used anesthetic, called ether, was right around the corner. Sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus ...