CHICAGO – Epidural anesthesia may do more than relieve pain during labor; in some women it may decrease the likelihood of postpartum depression, suggests a preliminary study presented at the ...

The second studied labor pain in mice with the topical application of capsaicin. Researchers found the analgesia statistically decreased pain for various stages of labor. Thus, capsaicin may be used ...

Childbirth is usually the most painful event of a mother's life, and resonates in individual and collective memory for years. The current study examined the relationship between the experience of ...