Your C-section scar tells a story of strength. Try these simple, compassionate steps to care for your body, rebuild ...

For years, researchers have documented health differences between babies born vaginally versus by cesarean section—work that ...

Background While C-section (CS) deliveries exhibit significant socioeconomic inequalities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the extent and underlying drivers of these inequalities remain ...

A Virginia hospital let a doctor "routinely and knowingly" perform unnecessary surgeries "to increase its own revenue," ...

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Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that negligent performance of a C-section procedure resulted in left ureter injury, causing severe complications including hydronephrosis, requiring additional ...

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its rates of the operation in healthy first-time mothers. By Sarah Kliff Times ...

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...

Women who receive more virtual antenatal care during their second or third trimesters could experience poorer pregnancy outcomes, including higher risks of preterm birth, cesarean sections and ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery the ...