Chronic low back pain: - Considering this is a major health concern among many of us, it is not surprising E-news readers have quite a lot to say about chronic low back pain....

Pregnant women: - Another group being given dangerous drugs - The very young and pregnant women are two groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. Trials have never been carried out to...

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...

Pregnant women prescribed dangerous drugs - Women who are very young or pregnant are two population groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. This is because trials h...

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. ...

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...

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 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. ...