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Scientists discover rare gene acts as ‘natural epidural’ for women with higher pain tolerance during childbirth

Women who don’t need an epidural during childbirth might be carriers of a rare genetic variant that gives them a much higher threshold for pain, scientists have discovered. Only about one in 100 women ...
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Epidural or Spinal? Understanding Your Pain Relief Options in Childbirth

Pregnancy is a period of joy. However, as exciting as it is, childbirth also comes with pain. Fortunately, modern medicine has a solution. Labour pain today does not have to be painful. Among the ...
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Your birth, your way: Navigating pain relief options with LDRP suite and epidural safety

Discover LDRP suites and understand epidural safety for a comfortable, natural-feeling birth. Embrace motherhood without the ...
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Epidural injections could provide relief for back and butt pain

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old male and have had pain in my buttocks down to my outside thigh muscles. My primary care doctor ordered an MRI of the lower back and referred me to an orthopedic ...
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African Americans less open to epidural for pain

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African Americans are less willing than whites to have an epidural to ease pain following surgery, a new study suggests. This could mean poorer pain relief in the short ...
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Starting epidural anesthesia in operating room can help patients get faster pain relief after surgery

CHICAGO — Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) — rather than in the recovery room after the procedure — may help ...
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Women who experience pain relief from epidural analgesia less likely to have postpartum depression

Epidural anesthesia may do more than relieve pain during labor; in some women it may decrease the likelihood of postpartum depression, suggests a preliminary study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® ...
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Epidural analgesia during childbirth does not increase infant's risk of developing autism

The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP),the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) the American College of Obstetricians and ...
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Karnataka plans labour pain-relief options to reduce C-section deliveries

Bengaluru: The Karnataka health department is planning to introduce labour analgesia options in government hospitals to curb ...
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Milestone Scientific Commences Sales of CompuFlo® Epidural Disposables within PRC Alliance Pain Relief Center in Ormond Beach, Florida

ROSELAND, N.J., April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Milestone Scientific Inc. (MLSS) (NYSE:MLSS), a leading developer of computerized drug delivery instruments that provide painless and precise ...
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Epidural injections could provide relief for back and butt pain

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old male and have had pain in my buttocks ...