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The BBC News website looks at a study which suggests many women are going into labour underestimating how painful it may be.
A treatment derived from a virus can guard against middle ear infections, a study suggests.
Three professionals, a midwife, an obstetrician and the current president of the NCT give their views on how childbirth has changed in the past 50 years.
Having an epidural during childbirth is linked to problems breastfeeding, a study suggests.
Chemicals that prompt feelings of coolness can relieve chronic pain, a study on rats suggests.
A doctor accused of offering to carry out an abortion on his lover in his bedsit is cleared.
Menstrual problems are one of the four most common reasons why women of a reproductive age see their GP.
Women who have an epidural to ease the pain of childbirth are more likely to need medical help, scientists say.
It is unlikely foetuses feel pain until the last few weeks of a pregnancy, a review of medical evidence concludes.
Accident and emergency departments must pay more attention to variations in the quality of care, the NHS watchdog says.
A cannabis like chemical produced naturally in the brain aids pain relief, researchers suggest.
Fantasy worlds created by virtual reality are being used to provide a novel form of pain relief.
The Chief Medical Officer for England has ordered an inquiry into at least nine suspicious deaths at a community hospital in Hampshire.
Scientists are hopeful they can produce a drug to reduce the addictive effects of morphine, but keeping its painkilling properties.
Doctors at a hospital in Hampshire regularly over-prescribed pain-killers and put patients at risk, an investigation finds.
Research on animals is controlled by government licence. But Newsnight has obtained evidence that the licensing system is masking the true extent of animal suffering.
Sri Lanka correspondent Frances Harrison visits the hospital struggling to cope in the beleaguered town of Jaffna.
A GP and surgeon both face a disciplinary hearing over circumcision operations that went wrong.
Drugs taken during labour could prevent mother and child bonding and delay breast feeding, say scientists.
Giving newborn babies a small amount of a sugary solution followed by a dummy to suck can actually act like a painkiller, according to French doctors.
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