<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/link-chronic-pain-lasts-longer-in-women.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Why chronic pain lasts longer in women: Immune cells offer clues</title><description/><pubDate>02/23/2026</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2026/2026-02-women-chronic-pain.png" alt="Woman with eyes closed, holding the sides of her head"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2026/02/why-chronic-pain-lasts-longer-in-women</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Discovery Science,Health Science and Innovation</categories><broadcast>physiology</broadcast></item>