To address the problem, Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike has pledged to subsidise epidural childbirth “as early as possible” to encourage larger families. Japan desperately needs more children as its ...

Although there was no difference in the time to achieve an ... experience using these agents during lumbar puncture for spinal anesthesia in 12 pediatric patients. The dosing regimen was the ...

Women have been using natural methods for labor pain since the beginning of time. Natural birth is what our bodies ...

A new study found that high-frequency stimulation reduced spasticity, and improved patients' ability to walk after spinal ...

There were also significant differences between LLx and ULx peak sagittal angles across all tasks except squatting. Again BMI influenced these findings. Although the role of BMI in spinal posture ...

Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD. Spine Surgeon at Reno (Nev.) Orthopedic Center: "Flux," be it payments, indications, the role of enabling tech, etc. It's probably a good word for healthcare in general.

Paralytics are used as part of general anesthesia to prevent movement during surgery. General anesthesia involves medications that put you to sleep and prevent pain, like ketamine, as well as muscle ...

Many people who have scoliosis have a family history of the condition. Kyphosis, another spinal deformity, is an excessive curvature of the upper back, often with rounded shoulders. It also is called ...