Pregnant mother who was 10 DAYS overdue claims she induced labour by drinking a gin and tonic
Caitlin Harrison, 21, from Blyth, Northumberland, explained how she had tried everything in an attempt to speed things along at over 41 weeks pregnant - including walking four miles a day. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Oxytocin curbs unite activist groups and drug companies in court
Oxytocin is used to induce labour in pregnant women and stall post-partum bleeding (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 17, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks May Offer Benefits
First-time mothers who had labor induced at 39 weeks were less likely to need C-sections. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Girls Caesarean Section Parenting Source Type: news
Athletes and Hearts; Best Meds for ADHD: It's PodMed Double T! (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week ' s topics include secondhand smoke and adolescents, labor induction, screening young athletes for cardiac problems, and ADHD medicines. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - August 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Inducing labor avoids C-section for some moms, study finds
The surprising findings contradicts a long-held belief that inducing labor leads to more complications, including C-sections (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - August 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study finds new mothers may be able to safely shorten pregnancies
A surprising new study finds first-time mothers may be able to safely shorten their pregnancies to avoid complications, contradicting a long-held belief that inducing labor leads to more complications. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Tara Narula joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the research. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - August 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Helping nature: Inducing labor avoids cesarean for some moms
A large study of first-time moms finds inducing labor instead of waiting avoids cesarean delivery for some (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Choosing to Induce Labor May Cut C-Section Risk
Women who chose to have their labor induced were less likely to need a C-section than women who let nature take its course, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. And there was no evidence labor induction carried any added risks for their babies. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inducing labor at 39 weeks may help avoid C-section, study finds
A new study finds that inducing labor at 39 weeks in healthy women may reduce the need for C-section and does not raise risks for the baby, compared with waiting for spontaneous labor. The study doesn't mean everyone should be induced, experts say. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pregnancy Debate Revisited: To Induce Labor, Or Not?
Young women with simple pregnancies can safely ask a doctor to induce labor, a study finds. It doesn't increase their risk of needing a C-section after all, and can even offer potential benefits.(Image credit: LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Richard Harris Source Type: news
Inducing labor at 39 weeks for healthy pregnancies may improve outcomes for mothers, study suggests
The question of when to try to speed up delivery and when to wait has befuddled doctors for decades. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha Source Type: news
Induced labor at 39 weeks may reduce likelihood of C-section, NIH study suggests
Elective induction at 39 weeks also linked to lower risk of maternal high blood pressure disorders. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - August 8, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Inducing Labor at Term Appears to Reduce Cesarean Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 8, 2018 -- Inducing labor at 39 weeks may decrease the risk of cesarean section, according to a study published in the Aug. 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
William A. Grobman, M.D., from Northwestern University in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 8, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Elective Labor Induction May Cut C-Section Risk
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 8, 2018 -- Contrary to what doctors have thought, women who opt to have their labor induced in the 39th week of pregnancy do not face a heightened risk of cesarean section, a new clinical trial finds.
In fact, the study showed,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 8, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Inducing labor can help prevent cesarean births
(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) A new national study has found that inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help prevent cesarean births and high blood pressure. The University of Texas Medical Branch participated in the study and Dr. George Saade, chief of obstetrics and the principal investigator at UTMB, said that babies born to women induced at 39 weeks did not have worse outcomes compared to those who were not induced at 39 weeks. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
