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"How well do you think you handle pain? I managed to drop an ottoman on my bare toes yesterday and I won&amp;#x27;t lie to you lovely ladies: I wasn&amp;#x27;t the picture of dignity and grace when it happened. Now, if a guy were to do the same thing, would he feel the same amount of pain? A recent study published in the Journal of Pain shows that female patients report a higher intensity of pain than male patients with the same ailments. In 47 categories of disease--including diabetes, arthritis, and respiratory infections--women reported more pain in 14 of them. Men didn&amp;#x27;t report feeling higher amounts of pain than women in any of the categories. But are women really feeling more pain? Pain is subjective, so researchers say it&amp;#x27;s hard to qualify (plus there are many other factors that can make someone judge his or her pain differently: mood, for example, or pain medications). Another possibility, say researchers: women are simply better at communicating their pain than men are. How do you handle pain? Think of a guy that you know and imagine that you both have the same affliction (a cut, maybe, or a stomachache). Who would handle it better? More about dealing with pain: * The Spice That Reduces Exercise Pain * Painful Periods? New Research Shows That This Old Remedy Really Works * Got an Owie? The Surprising, All-Purpose Pain-Fighting Trick You Can Try Right Now! More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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