The clinic had just begun offering nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, to patients to help manage pain during IUD placements and, given the alternative — to undergo the procedure sans anesthetics — she ...

Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital closed its maternity care wing in 2023. Here is why that is a problem for Cape Fear Valley in ...

This matters. Pain isn’t just a fleeting signal; it can shape long-term brain development. Earlier studies have shown that ...

New research suggests that premature babies and even full-term newborns experience pain very differently than adults do.

Delivering the lecture on the theme “Beyond Movement: Addressing Musculoskeletal Disorders as a Public Health Imperative,” at the University of Ghana, last Thursday, he revealed that more than 70 per ...

Physical therapy can address common pelvic floor issues for women during and after pregnancy. Can help prepare for birth and ...

It’s impossible to quantify exactly how much pain this causes, but giving birth to larger offspring tends to be more dangerous and to result in more tearing. For other animals, the size of the ...

Key points Nothing the human body does compares to the cataclysmic occurrence of birth. Labor and birth are physical—and psychological—processes. Unpacking what happens emotionally during ...

Many on the internet have been left terrified after seeing what the worst pain a human can experience actually looks like under a microscope. Whether it be kick in the groin for men or childbirth for ...

Learn about the natural bark remedy used by African midwives for centuries to reduce pain, relax muscles, and improve childbirth experiences.