Obstetrics & gynaecology
Brazil doctors do cesarean on woman not pregnant
Officials in southeastern Brazil say doctors performed a cesarean section on a 37-year-old woman only to discover that she wasn't pregnant.
Dec 17, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Obstetric care may differ at rural versus urban hospitals
Rates of unnecessary cesarean section and other potentially risky obstetric procedures show some significant differences between rural and urban hospitals in the United States, reports a study in the January issue of Medical ...
Dec 13, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fewer attempted labors drive increase in cesarean rate
(HealthDay)—Increases in the primary cesarean delivery rate appear to be driven by changes in rates of attempted labor as well as changes in rates of labor success, according to research published in the December issue ...
Dec 4, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Hungary: Baby delivered from brain-dead mother
A university hospital in Hungary says a premature but healthy baby was delivered after doctors kept the child's brain-dead mother on life support for three months.
Nov 13, 2013
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Sleep disorders
Pregnant women who snore at higher risk for C-sections, delivering smaller babies
Snoring during pregnancy may be bad for the new baby's health, according to research from the University of Michigan Health System.
Oct 31, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study: Most twins can be born without a C-section
Expecting twins? You probably don't need to schedule a cesarean section. Most moms can safely give birth without surgery, a big study finds.
Oct 2, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Elective induction at term tied to lower odds of cesarean
(HealthDay)—Compared with expectant management, elective induction at term (37 to 40 weeks of gestation) is associated with reduced likelihood of cesarean delivery, according to a study published online Sept. 6 in Obstetrics ...
Sep 13, 2013
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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 ...
Apr 18, 2013
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Pediatrics
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 April 15 in ...
Apr 15, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
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 ...
Mar 18, 2013
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