Epidurals, used to reduce labour pains, lengthen the second stage of labour, and so increase the risk of surgical intervention. And US doctors are more likely to give them because there is a finan ...
For many thousands of years, the Chinese have espoused the efficacy of acupuncture for pain relief. Surprisingly, an astonishing wealth of recently published investigations into all aspects of ac ...
Pregnant women given epidurals during labour are more likely to experience a forceps delivery even if they are given a less powerful anesthetic which would allow them to participate more. ...
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
I agreed. Six hours after I went into labour, I felt the anesthetist jab in the epidural needle extremely fast. My right leg shot out sideways in an uncontrollable spasm. The pain was intense, ...
A few months ago, I had a minor medical problem. For many weeks, I successively tried homeopathy, herbs, acupuncture, meditation and just leaving well alone, but nothing seemed to shift it.
A new technique that helps detoxify drug users while they are under anaesthetic could be highly dangerous.
Endoscopy is the direct visualisation of the digestive tract using an endoscope, a flexible tube with a camera mounted on it that is small enough to pass into cavities in the body such as the stomach, colon, lungs and oesophagus.
Women who are given epidurals for pain relief during labour are more likely to experience long term backache. ... ...
Studies presented to a meeting of the American Association of Anesthesiologists have shed some light on the often wide variation in people's response to anaesthetics and other drugs. ...