A number of studies suggest that children delivered by Caesarean section have a different intestinal flora than children delivered by natural birth. But it is still unknown why this is the case and what it means for the immune ...
Jul 10, 2014
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Caesarean section is associated with a slightly increased rate of subsequent stillbirth and ectopic pregnancy, according to a large study of women living in Demark, published in this week in PLOS Medicine. Given the global ...
Jul 1, 2014
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Defying all expectations, new research from the University of Alberta shows that newcomer women are very satisfied with the maternal care they receive in Canada's Prairie provinces.
Apr 10, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Where a woman gives birth - in a public or private hospital - is a key determinant of whether she has a Caesarean section or not, according to findings from three consecutives surveys of more than 14,000 ...
Mar 12, 2014
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Babies born by caesarean section are more likely to be overweight or obese as adults, according to a new analysis.
Feb 26, 2014
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Doctors in Canada have delivered a frail but healthy baby boy from a brain-dead woman kept on life support for several weeks, the infant's father wrote in a blog post.
Feb 11, 2014
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The rate of scheduled caesarean sections among private patients is around double that of publicly funded patients, indicates a study of more than 30,000 women in Ireland, published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Nov 25, 2013
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Almost two-thirds of women who attempt a natural delivery after having a caesarean section for their first birth are successful, according to a new study published today (20 November) in BJOG: An International Journal of ...
Nov 20, 2013
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Obesity raises the chances of complications and medical interventions in childbirth. But a new study by Oxford University shows the risks are not the same for all obese women.
Sep 10, 2013
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Despite the longstanding, widespread practice of restricting women's food and fluid intake during labor, a large-scale analysis in The Cochrane Library finds no need for these restrictions and supports women eating and drinking ...
Aug 23, 2013
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