What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ Just under two years ago, I underwent arthroscopy in one of my knees. As the pain and immobility was a great problem for me,
Doctors tell you that steroids only cause side effects after many years. But new research shows that permanent damage is immediate and devastating. Here's how to avoid it. ...
Q I have been suffering from intense pain in my coccyx for several years. The pain started after a bad epidural and the subsequent therapeutic blood patch, but became infinitely worse after back surgery four years ago. I have sought help from...
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 ...
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. ...
Women who have had epidurals during labour and birth are more likely to experience long term problems like backache and headache. ...
Steroids are fast catching up with antibiotics as the most abused class of drugs in your doctor's black bag. There's no doubt that the discovery of steroids a half century ago was a major advance ...
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, ...
In wealthy countries a majority of children are born with the use of pain relieving drugs. In wealthy countries drug addiction is increasing. ...
