Epidurals: pain after birth - Women who have had epidurals during labour and birth are more likely to experience long term problems like backache and headache. ...

Painkillers: - Who needs drugs when acupuncture works? - If the NSAID painkillers cause gastric bleeding and the COX-2 variety can lead to heart problems, where can you turn? Step forward acupuncture, the p...

There is such a thing as a 'good' epidural - I was very interested to read your article on back pain (WDDTY vol 10, no 5). Please allow me to comment, as a musculoskeletal medicine specialist, wh...

Epidurals are good for doctors - Epidurals, used to reduce labour pains, lengthen the second stage of labour, and so increase the risk of surgical intervention. And US doctors are mor...

Labour painkiller causes persistent backache - Women who are given epidurals for pain relief during labour are more likely to experience long term backache. ... ...

Two years ago, i was given the hard sell by my hospital to opt for a "revolutionary mobile epidural for a trouble-free, pain-free delivery". - 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...

Epidurals follow on to forceps - Pregnant women given epidurals during labour are more likely to experience a forceps delivery even if they are given a less powerful anesthetic which...

Epidurals likely to lead to antibiotics for the newborn - Babies born to mothers who had an epidural during labour are four times as likely to have antibiotics because of the fear of infection. ...