Health Tip: How Does an Epidural Work?
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(HealthDay News) -- An epidural analgesia, commonly called an epidural, is a method of pain relief often used during childbirth.
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Applying a topical anesthetic half an hour beforehand reduces pain for children getting a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot, according to a report by Canadian researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Electrical stimulation of the   vagus nerve, which originates in the brain and then branches   widely throughout the neck, chest and abdomen, seems to help   some people with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
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Some women who get epidural  anesthesia during childbirth may have difficulty with  breastfeeding in the short- and long-term, a new study  suggests.
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Acupuncture, already shown to help ease the nausea patients often suffer after having surgery, may actually work better than drugs, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - For patients suffering severe headaches who present to the emergency department, the painkiller bupivacaine injected into the muscles at the base of the neck provides safe and effective headache relief.
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New consumer devices use bone-conduction technology to produce sound by vibrating the bones around the hearer's ear, so the sound is all in your head. By Laila Weir.
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Doctors can safely inject pain-killing  drugs into the spines of women who are in the early stages of  labor without increasing the risk of Caesarean section,  researchers said on Wednesday.
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Sometimes the numbing effect of TV can be helpful. Especially if you're a kid being stuck with a needle at the hospital.
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A single-dose epidural injection called DepoDur is safe and effective in treating postoperative pain, according to two clinical trials.
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MONDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive an epidural during childbirth are more likely to have breast-feeding problems in the first week and to stop breast-feeding before the end of six months than women who don't receive an epidural, an Australian study says.
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You go to the drugstore to refill a prescription and learn the doctor's left town. You spend an extra week in pain because disk surgery isn't an emergency. You're admitted to a hospital, but the rooms are full, so you spend days in ER.
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Scientists have unraveled one of the mysteries of precisely how a popular type of blood pressure pill protects against heart attacks, showing it not only lowers blood pressure
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Women in labor may not be given an epidural at first, for fear that it will slow down the process of cervical dilation, but that concern seems to be unfounded.
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Treatment with progesterone, a  well-known hormone that prepares the womb for pregnancy, safely  reduces the risk of death and disability in people who suffer a  traumatic brain injury, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Chiropractic correction of  trauma-induced injury to the upper spine may halt or reverse  the progression of both multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's  disease symptoms, according to a Colorado practitioner.
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NEW YORK  - Frovatriptan, used to prevent and treat migraine headaches, may also be of use in preventing post-dural puncture headache, according to Italian researchers.