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 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

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created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...

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created May 31, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0