Readers respond to a front-page article about fetal heart monitoring and C-sections. Also: When Shirley MacLaine was the ...

The combined rate of heart attack, stroke, bleeding complications or death was 16.6% in the ticagrelor group and 14.2% in the ...

Women with myasthenia gravis have higher rates of preterm birth and cesarean delivery, new findings show, underscoring the need for careful pregnancy management and monitoring.

The most common technique used for closing the uterus after a cesarean delivery causes so many long-term complications that ...

Nearly every woman who gives birth in an American hospital is strapped with a belt of sensors to track the baby’s heartbeat. If the pattern is deemed abnormal — too slow, for example — doctors often ...

Regional anesthesia-typically with a spinal or epidural block-has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to ...

In a large Japanese birth cohort, cesarean delivery was not linked to higher risks of eczema, wheezing, atopic dermatitis, or ...

Opioid overdose deaths among people 65 and older have surged by 9,000% in less than a decade. Most children fast longer than ...

Healthcare professionals from across India and international locations gathered in Hyderabad to transform how women ...

George Dosanjh died at the Royal Stoke University Hospital on December 3, 2022, after he had been delivered by emergency ...

Lamaze birthing classes are really helpful because they show you simple, practical ways to handle labour and birth so you feel more confident. In the classes, you’ll learn easy breathing exercises, ...

Modern obstetric advances have improved labor management with pain medication integration, yet gynecologic pain management ...