Your very first moments of life can influence your risk of obesity for years, a new study shows. Babies delivered via caesarean section were 15% more likely to be obese as kids, teens and young adults ...

Globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 -- from 12% to 21% of all births. While the life-saving surgery is still unavailable for ...

Peruvian carving portraying a surgeon performing a Cesarean section. Source: Image by Peter van der Sluijs under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. Between 1965 and 2009, births by Caesarean section ...

No matter where a family lives, welcoming a baby into the world can be a joyous occasion – yet how a woman experiences birth varies drastically from country to country. The number of births by ...

An expert speaking at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will say that "Natural Caesarean Section" - in which women enjoy enhanced contact and bonding with their baby just as ...

A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by Cesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma. A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by ...

Cesareans account for 33 percent of U.S. births, an increasingly high number compared to the international 17 percent. Which is safer, cesarean birth or vaginal birth? Dr. Kirtly Jones answers this ...

Explore why Jammu and Kashmir's private hospitals have India's highest C-section rate, driven by various medical and social ...

HANOI, Vietnam – Nearly half of all births in China are delivered by cesarean section, the world’s highest rate, according to a survey by the World Health Organization — a shift toward modernization ...

Whether you have a c-section or a vaginal birth, both are to be applauded. Growing a baby and then delivering it is no mean feat, and many women's bodies will forever bear the signs of pregnancy and ...