Despite recent dramatic reductions in cot death rates in the UK, and the development of sophisticated screening for Down’s syndrome, preventing stillbirth is proving tougher to tackle. Now, a major study under way at Cambridge could change all that. In the UK, one in every 200 women reaching their 24th week of pregnancy will …
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center: Hospital Offers Nitrous Oxide to Women in Labor
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center: Portland, Ore., Hospital Offers Nitrous Oxide to Women in Labor The hospital is the first in Portland to offer nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas, to ease pain during labor. Nitrous oxide (N.O.), or laughing gas, was used decades ago in the United States as a way to ease …