News tagged with cesarean deliveries
Anesthesia increases success rates of turning breech babies, reduces delivery costs, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—When a baby is in the breech position at the end of pregnancy, obstetricians can sometimes turn the baby head-down to enable a safer vaginal birth. In the past, women were not given anesthesia during the ...
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Apr 18, 2013 |
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Infant gut microbiota influenced by caesarean section and breastfeeding practices
Method of birth (vaginal birth s. cesarean delivery) and feeding practices (breastfeeding v. formula-feeding) influence the development of gut bacteria in newborns and thus may affect lifelong health, according to a new study ...
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Feb 11, 2013 |
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OASIS risk up for nulliparous women with vacuum delivery
(HealthDay)—For women whose infants are delivered by vacuum extraction, the risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) is significantly higher among nulliparous women than multiparous women, according ...
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Aug 24, 2012 |
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Pregnant women's likelihood of cesarean delivery in Massachusetts linked to choice of hospitals
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 ...
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Mar 18, 2013 |
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Maternity program results in fewer cesarean sections, shorter hospital stays for mothers
A program delivering collaborative maternity care resulted in fewer cesarean deliveries, shorter average hospital stays and higher breast-feeding rates for mothers, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associati ...
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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Ob-gyn group lists procedures that may not be needed
(HealthDay)—Five tests and procedures that obstetricians/gynecologists and their patients should question the need for are outlined in a list released by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ...
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Mar 03, 2013 |
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Full-term gestational age tied to development at 12 months
(HealthDay)—For healthy full-term infants, development at age 12 months is associated with gestational age, with scores increasing for each additional week of gestation, according to a study published online ...
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Apr 15, 2013 |
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Single vaginal delivery ups later risk of pelvic organ prolapse
(HealthDay)—Twenty years after childbirth, the risk of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (sPOP) is increased after a single vaginal delivery versus cesarean section, according to a study published online ...
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Nov 09, 2012 |
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Increased risk of developing asthma by age of 3 after cesarean section
A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by cesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma. The study from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) suggests that children delivered ...
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Jan 10, 2012 |
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Researchers find wide variation in cesarean delivery rates among US hospitals
Cesarean delivery is the most common surgery in the United States, performed on 1.67 million American women annually. Yet hospital cesarean rates vary widely according to new research from the University of Minnesota's School ...
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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C-sections a measure of ethnic, economic disparities
(Medical Xpress) -- University of Arizona sociologist Louise Roth says the increasing number of cesarean deliveries negatively impacts the health of women and their children and health-care costs.
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Apr 16, 2012 |
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Need a C-section? Protection from blood clot urged
(AP) -- New advice for pregnant women: If you're getting a C-section, special inflating boots strapped on your legs may lower the risk of a blood clot.
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Aug 29, 2011 |
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Researchers pinpoint reasons for dramatic rise in C-sections
(Medical Xpress) -- In one of the first studies to examine the reasons for the rising number of women delivering their babies by cesarean section, Yale School of Medicine researchers found that while half ...
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Jun 22, 2011 |
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Local efforts can stem the increasing unnecessary cesarean sections
Caesarean section rates are steadily increasing globally. Requiring two doctors to agree that a Caesarean section is the best way to deliver a baby, rather than just needing one opinion, providing internal feedback to doctors ...
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Jul 26, 2011 |
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Exercise can reduce the rate of C-section
Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have found that regular and supervised exercise by experts during pregnancy can reduce the rate of instrumental and cesarean deliveries in healthy pregnant women.
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