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At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. William Camann showed Teresa Wang how epidural drugs are administered.
At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. William Camann showed Teresa Wang how epidural drugs are administered. (Globe Staff Photo / Matthew J. Lee) Globe Staff Photo / Matthew J. Lee

Childbirth study finds lesser risk in epidurals

By Carolyn Y. Johnson
Globe Correspondent / February 17, 2005

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For years, many women in labor have endured hours of excruciating pain because doctors warned that early use of epidural anesthesia could increase the likelihood of a Caesarean section, a surgical delivery that carries some health risks to the mother. But a new study says that the advice is wrong and that women need not suffer. (Full article: 889 words)

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