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.

While the classification was made over a decade ago, viral posts on social media have claimed that the birth control pill has ...

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.

Opinion Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.