You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have ...
She sits before me in tears, a positive pregnancy test on the counter in front of us. It’s not that my patient doesn’t want a fourth child. But she is haunted by memories of her third cesarean section ...
Limiting unnecessary cesarean delivery procedures is one way hospitals can reduce health risks for mothers and babies. However, C-section rates for low-risk, first-time mothers are inching back up ...
SEATTLE — What's normally supposed to be an emergency procedure is now becoming more common than ever. The World Health Organization estimates that cesarean section (C-section) deliveries will be used ...
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. At Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, doctors performed C-sections on half of all ...
Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...