http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Many women choose to have labor induced or to have an elective Cesarean delivery before the full term of their pregnancy is up, but a new study suggests their child's development may suffer if they are born even a little early. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-babies-born-slightly-early-lag.html Pediatrics Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:46:58 EST news285392809 There is wide variation in the rate of cesarean sections performed at different hospitals across the U.S. and one explanation has been that hospitals with higher c-section rates serve greater numbers of women at high risk for the procedure. Now, a new study by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides the strongest evidence to date that it's not just medical need that determines who has c-sections, but also something at the hospital level—in other words, the same woman would have a different chance of undergoing a c-section based on the hospital she chooses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-pregnant-women-likelihood-cesarean-delivery.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:00:02 EST news282829102 Surgery, often thought to be too expensive for wholesale global health delivery, can be a highly cost-effective means of improving health in the developing world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-world-economic-benefits-trump-expense.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:00:07 EST news254591808 For children with autism, being born several weeks early or several weeks late tends to increase the severity of their symptoms, according to new research out of Michigan State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-autistic-kids-born-preterm-post-term.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:04:51 EST news252677064 Women with urinary incontinence after giving birth are almost twice as likely to develop postpartum depression as those without incontinence, according to a new study led by Wendy Sword, a professor in McMaster University's School of Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-urinary-incontinence-postpartum-depression.html Health Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:56:27 EST news227786175 (Medical Xpress) -- A ground-breaking study of women who have given birth in New Zealand, Scotland and England, has found the strongest evidence yet that having caesarean sections does not always protect women from the common and often distressing after-effect of urinary or faecal incontinence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-international-caesareans-posh-commonly-believed.html Health Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:20:09 EST news227258150