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    Orthopedic surgeon Kebba Marenah and his team get ready to perform knee surgery on a 14-year-old at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul, the capital of Gambia. The country struggles with a lack of access to sufficient pain medications.
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    A Place Where The Opioid Problem Is Upside Down

    Sep 27, 2019
    While the opioid problem in the U.S. is about too many opioids, in some countries there are few options for treating or controlling pain.
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    Charges for nitrous oxide during labor and delivery haven't been standardized.
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    Bill Of The Month: $4,836 Charge For Laughing Gas During Childbirth Is No Joke

    May 28, 2019
    Nitrous oxide is making a comeback for pain relief during childbirth. But charges for the option vary from free at some hospitals to thousands of dollars at others.
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    Dr. Brian Chesebro (right), in Portland, Ore., has calculated that by simply using the anesthesia gas sevoflurane in most surgeries, instead of the similar gas desflurane, he can significantly cut the amount of global warming each procedure contributes t
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    Effects Of Surgery On A Warming Planet: Can Anesthesia Go Green?

    May 06, 2019
    Anesthesia revolutionized surgery by vanquishing patients' pain. But many of the chemicals are greenhouse gases. One Oregon doctor who has done the math says some are much less damaging to the planet.
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    Delayed pushing made no difference in whether first-time mothers had a cesarean section, a large study finds.
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    When Giving Birth For The First Time, Push Away

    Oct 09, 2018
    There's no benefit to delaying pushing after receiving epidural anesthesia and reaching full dilation. A delay increases the risk of complications, particularly for the mother, a large study finds.
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    Throughout the U.S., minors are generally required to have permission from a parent or legal guardian before they can receive most medical treatment. However, each state has established a number of exceptions.
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    Why Some Teen Moms Can't Get The Pain Relief They Choose In Childbirth

    Dec 27, 2017
    In more than a dozen U.S. states, laws prohibit pregnant teens from getting epidural anesthesia during labor, or even some kinds of prenatal treatment, without a parent's consent.
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    For Anesthesiologist, Easing Pain And Erasing Memories Is All In A Day's Work

    Nov 28, 2017
    Dr. Henry Jay Przybylo specializes in pediatric anesthesiology and treats about 1,000 children a year, including premature babies. His new memoir is called Counting Backwards.
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    Throughout the U.S., minors are generally required to have permission from a parent or legal guardian before they can receive most medical treatment. However, each state has established a number of exceptions.
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    Some States Make It Hard For Teen Moms To Get Pain Relief In Childbirth

    Sep 28, 2017
    Ohio is one of 13 states without a policy allowing a minor to consent, on her own, to pregnancy-linked health care. That means teens who go into labor are sometimes denied epidurals.
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    An anesthesiologist at work.
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    Imagine: Facing Surgery Without An Anesthesiologist On Hand

    Aug 10, 2017
    A new report looks at the number of anesthesiologists around the world — and finds that many countries barely have 1 per 100,000. And some have ... zero.
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    Max at his drum kit. Playing the drums was Max's passion, his family says, as was "creating original music, listening to jazz, rock, and blues, shooting pool, following the Red Sox and Patriots, playing fantasy football with his family, and enjoying card
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    How Do Former Opioid Addicts Safely Get Pain Relief After Surgery?

    Apr 20, 2017
    Max Baker got treatment for his opioid dependency and kicked the habit. He'd been clean for more than a year when a car accident and subsequent surgery returned him to addiction's spiral.
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    The Poetic Intimacy Of Administering Anesthesia

    Apr 16, 2017
    An anesthesiologist and poet says her medical work is well-suited to poetry, as patients move in and out of consciousness under the doctor's watch.
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    Ethan Thomas gets a cuddle from mom Amy Marks, who used laughing gas during labor.
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    Laughing Gas Gives Women Another Option To Manage Labor Pain

    Nov 07, 2016
    Move over, epidurals, here comes nitrous oxide. After enjoying popularity in the U.S. for managing labor pain until the mid-20th century, it was dropped in favor of anesthesia. Now it's back.
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    Dr. Sam Rodriguez administers anesthesia to Matthew Husby at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in March.
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    Doctors Get Creative To Soothe Tech-Savvy Kids Before Surgery

    Jun 29, 2016
    Surgery can be emotionally and physically stressful for children. A California anesthesiologist has come up with a way to reduce anxiety that's safer, cheaper and much more entertaining.
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    We all get by better with a little help from our tunes.
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    Sutures With A Soundtrack: Music Can Ease Pain, Anxiety Of Surgery

    Aug 13, 2015
    Most studies of music's ability to ease pain have been small. But an analysis pooling the best research builds a strong case, doctors say, that a dose of music reduces the need for painkilling pills.
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    Pain Really Is All In Your Head And Emotion Controls Intensity

    Feb 18, 2015
    Humiliation, fear and unpredictability all turn up the volume on pain, research shows. And meditation can turn down pain's intensity, according to scientists who are starting to figure out why.
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