The Japanese capital is rolling out subsidies for epidurals in a country where cost is a barrier and women are often ...

Over 1,500 restricted health care procedures were carried out in the Western Trust in 2023-24 - with associated estimated costs of more than £2.5 million, a new audit report reveals.

Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

This month’s case resulted in a large monetary verdict against the physician, possibly a record-breaking sum in the New York country where it took place.

Episiotomies used to be commonplace, but now they're only used if something goes wrong during the birthing process.

FRANCES Tatum had longed for a sibling for her 18-month-old son Magnus and was overjoyed when she saw two lines on her home ...

A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her ...

"It's a systemic problem that Indigenous people experience, that Black people experience, that disabled people (experience) ...

Most caesarean births are carried out under spinal or epidural anaesthesia, ensuring you stay awake but free from pain. Yet, ...

From a brutal affliction to a humane, scientific discipline, anaesthesia is now safe, well-controlled, and risk-free. Herbs, ...

Common causes of low back pain include muscle strain, trauma, osteoporosis, and autoimmune disorders.

More than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on older adults cost Medicare $1.9 billion from 2020 to 2023, according to a new analysis from the Lown Institute.