A new app called QUiPP could help doctors to better identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely. The app, developed at King's College London, was tested in two studies of high-risk women being monitored at ante-natal ...
Jan 18, 2016
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A novel study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the first to show a direct relationship between belief in race as a cultural phenomenon driving health disparities and the use of race in care. It found that ...
Feb 9, 2023
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More than 10 percent of babies in the United States are born prematurely, yet very little is know about the underlying causes. Vaginal infections long have been thought to be related to preterm birth, prompting researchers ...
Jun 13, 2017
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Should every baby born by cesarean section (C-section) be given a smear of microbes to the mouth, nose or skin from the mom's vagina soon after birth?
Dec 3, 2019
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Pregnant women in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are more likely to express preference for cesarean section (CS) as their mode of delivery later in pregnancy and postpartum, as compared to early in pregnancy, according ...
Oct 16, 2018
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There is an increased risk of severe perineal tearing during childbirth in women who had such a tear in a previous delivery, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ...
Jul 9, 2014
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A hormone therapy commonly used to prevent preterm births probably isn't effective, a new study reports.
Nov 2, 2022
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Women with some characteristics commonly thought to increase pregnancy risks—being over age 35; being overweight; and in some cases, having a vaginal birth after a cesarean section—tend to have good outcomes when they ...
Apr 13, 2017
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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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An increased risk of emergency operative delivery is linked with increasing maternal age, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Aug 11, 2014
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