News tagged with vaginal birth
Vaginal progesterone reduces preterm birth, neonatal morbidity and mortality in women at risk
Women with a short cervix should be treated with vaginal progesterone to prevent preterm birth, according to a landmark study by leading obstetricians around the world. Vaginal progesterone decreased the rate of preterm birth ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Too posh to push? More C-sections on demand in UK
(AP) -- Pregnant women in Britain, where the government provides free health care, may soon be able to get a cesarean section on demand thanks to a rule change that critics describe as the health system caving ...
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Conglomeration of perinatal and neonatal conditions increase risk of autism
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Pediatrics, researchers reveal that in addition to possible genetic vulnerability and environmental factors, certain perinatal and neonatal conditions show as increased risk i ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Breaching the breech protocol: Researcher advocates returning to old-school methods for delivering breech babies
Most babies are delivered head-first, but in about 4% of all deliveries babies are "born breech" -- with their buttocks or feet first. Doctors usually exercise caution and use caesarean sections (C-sections) as the delivery ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Regional differences in C-section rate not a result of maternal request
Fewer than two per cent of cesarean births in British Columbia were a result of maternal request, but the number of cesarean and assisted vaginal deliveries varied widely across health regions in B.C., according to a new ...
May 31, 2010 |
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