Risk of Pelvic Floor Disorders Varied by Child Delivery Mode
(MedPage Today) -- Less likelihood of stress urinary incontinence with C-section, researchers say (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - December 19, 2018 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Pelvic Floor Disorder Risk Highest With Assisted Vaginal Delivery Pelvic Floor Disorder Risk Highest With Assisted Vaginal Delivery
The study, which followed women for two decades after childbirth, shows the lowest risk for pelvic floor disorders, such as urinary and anal incontinence, with C-section. Genital hiatus size also played a role.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Early postpartum opioids linked with persistent usage
(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Vanderbilt researchers have published findings indicating that regardless of whether a woman delivers a child by cesarean section or by vaginal birth, if they fill prescriptions for opioid pain medications early in the postpartum period, they are at increased risk of developing persistent opioid use. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Endometriosis after a cesarean delivery: What to know
Having a C-section can increase the risk of receiving an endometriosis diagnosis. Learn more about the connection between cesarean deliveries and endometriosis in this article. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Endometriosis Source Type: news
Naval Hospital Jacksonville sued for allegedly leaving needle in woman's spine for years
A De Soto, Illinois, woman filed a lawsuit against Naval Hospital Jacksonville today for allegedly leaving a broken needle in her back during a C-section 15 years ago and then covering up the mistake.
The lawsuit was filed by Jacksonville-based Cronin& Maxwell Tuesday with the Middle District of Florida on behalf of Amy Bright, 42, and her husband, Charles Bright, a Navy veteran.
During the surgical procedure in 2003, three centimeters of a needle broke off into a vertebrae in Amy Bright's lower… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Allison Colburn Source Type: news
Robots controlled by healthcare assistants will soon be delivering babies by C-section
The Commission on the Future of Surgery, led by the UK's Royal College of Surgeons, said new robots and DNA medicine will bring a 'watershed moment' for healthcare within the next 20 years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
World's First Baby Born From Deceased Donor's Transplanted Uterus
TUESDAY, Dec. 4, 2018 -- The world ' s first baby born to a woman who had a uterus transplant from a deceased donor shows that such transplants can be successful, Brazilian doctors say.
The 6-pound baby girl was delivered by C-section to an... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Higher Staffing Linked to Lower C-Section Rates
MONDAY, Dec. 3, 2018 -- Higher staffing levels in maternity units reduce the rate of cesarean deliveries, according to a study published online Nov. 28 in PLOS ONE.
Saad Zbiri, from Versailles Saint Quentin University in France, and colleagues... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 3, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Staffing More Doctors and Midwives Tied to Lower C-Section Rates Staffing More Doctors and Midwives Tied to Lower C-Section Rates
Pregnant women may be less likely to have cesarean deliveries when they labor at a hospital with more obstetricians and midwives on staff, a French study suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Staffing more doctors and midwives tied to lower C-section rates
(Reuters Health) - - Pregnant women may be less likely to have cesarean deliveries when they labor at a hospital with more obstetricians and midwives on staff, a French study suggests. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Elective Cesarean Doubles Risk of Overweight Infant Elective Cesarean Doubles Risk of Overweight Infant
Infants delivered by elective cesarean section were twice as likely to be at risk of or be overweight compared with those delivered vaginally. There was no such risk for those born by emergency cesarean section.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Vaginal Seeding: What Is It, And Should You Do It?
The practice of vaginal seeding after Cesarean section delivery has been performed in efforts to boost the infant microbiome. However, there is no strong evidence that it works, and it carries risks. Doctors currently do not recommend it, but studies may show more benefits in the future. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 16, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nina Shapiro, Contributor Source Type: news
Sucking Your Baby ’ s Pacifier Might Protect Them From Allergies, Study Says
(CNN) — Your baby’s pacifier falls on the floor. Before giving it back to your child, do you wash it in a sink or, perhaps reluctantly, clean it with your own saliva?
Don’t feel too guilty if you chose the latter, because a new study suggests that a mother’s spit — and the bacteria in it — may help prevent allergies in young children.
The research found lower levels of a troublesome, allergy-causing protein in babies whose mothers reported sucking on their infants’ pacifiers, adding to a growing body of evidence that early exposure to microbes may prevent allergies in children.
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Allergies Local TV Parenting Source Type: news
Mother's three-week-old baby 'died' in her arms
Ramaya Wilkinson, from Doncaster, was born at just 28 weeks via an emergency C-section after she stopped moving in her 30-year-old mother Emma Burns' womb. She had several holes in her heart. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
