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Israel-Hamas War: Woman Rescued From Home Ruins Gives Birth To Baby Girl
An operation resulted in the miraculous birth of a baby not too distant from the remains of her family's home in the Gaza Strip.
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Name And Shame Doctors Who Carry Out Undue C-sections Just For Money: Maneka Gandhi
Taking a strong stand against doctors who carry out Caesarean operations without a valid medical reason, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said that the such doctors should be “named and shamed”. In a letter to Health Minister J P Nadda, Ms Gandhi wrote that it should be made mandatory for the hospitals to display their r...
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More Rich Urban Women Undergoing Caesarean Section Deliveries. Study Shows Why
By Nidhi Jamwal/ IndiaSpend Over 21 years to 2014, the richest quintile — top 20 per cent of the population by income — undergoing caesarean section deliveries in India has gone up from 10 per cent to 30 per cent, raising the country’s average caesarean-section rates from five per cent to 18 per cent over the same period, according to a recen...
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First 'Successful' C-Section Birth May Date Back To 1337
The first birth by caesarean section where both the mother and child survived may have taken place in 1337 in Prague, researchers claim.
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C-Section, Antibiotics And Formula Milk May Up Health Risks Of Babies
Compared to vaginally born infants, those delivered by C-section showed significantly greater diversity of species in the weeks after birth.
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5 Cheetah Cubs Fight For Survival After Rare C-Section Birth
Five cheetah cubs are fighting for their lives after being delivered prematurely at a Cincinnati zoo by a caesarean section, a procedure seldom performed during the birth of the endangered cats.
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'Vaginal Seeding' For C-Section Babies Ill-Advised: Experts
The increasingly popular practice of swabbing newborns delivered by caesarean section with fluid from the mother's vagina may not be safe, doctors and researchers cautioned Wednesday.
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Surgical Thread Removed From Kerala Woman's Abdomen 2-Year After Surgery
Two years after a woman underwent a caesarean section in Thiruvananthapuram, doctors have removed a small bundle of surgical thread from her abdomen area after she complained of severe pain.
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Prior c-section raises stillbirth risk
Previous caesarean section increases the risk of delivering a stillborn infant.
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Lean women have lower risk of caesarean
Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) has a close association with the risk of caesarean section in women who have full-term deliveries.
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Caesarean section increases infant mortality risk
Infants born through caesarean section are at high risk of death, especially if the mothers have no medical need for the procedure.
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Repeated caesareans increase complications
Repeated caesarean sections raises the risk of bowel injury, intensive care unit admission and other maternal complications.
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Caesarean delivery can be predicted
The likelihood that a pregnant woman will undergo a caesarean section after starting labour can be predicted by four parameters.
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Less late pregnancy sleep and tough labour
First-time mothers who get little sleep during late pregnancy may have a longer labour and a high risk of a cesarean section.
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Israel-Hamas War: Woman Rescued From Home Ruins Gives Birth To Baby Girl
An operation resulted in the miraculous birth of a baby not too distant from the remains of her family's home in the Gaza Strip.
-
Name And Shame Doctors Who Carry Out Undue C-sections Just For Money: Maneka Gandhi
Taking a strong stand against doctors who carry out Caesarean operations without a valid medical reason, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said that the such doctors should be “named and shamed”. In a letter to Health Minister J P Nadda, Ms Gandhi wrote that it should be made mandatory for the hospitals to display their r...
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More Rich Urban Women Undergoing Caesarean Section Deliveries. Study Shows Why
By Nidhi Jamwal/ IndiaSpend Over 21 years to 2014, the richest quintile — top 20 per cent of the population by income — undergoing caesarean section deliveries in India has gone up from 10 per cent to 30 per cent, raising the country’s average caesarean-section rates from five per cent to 18 per cent over the same period, according to a recen...
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First 'Successful' C-Section Birth May Date Back To 1337
The first birth by caesarean section where both the mother and child survived may have taken place in 1337 in Prague, researchers claim.
-
C-Section, Antibiotics And Formula Milk May Up Health Risks Of Babies
Compared to vaginally born infants, those delivered by C-section showed significantly greater diversity of species in the weeks after birth.
-
5 Cheetah Cubs Fight For Survival After Rare C-Section Birth
Five cheetah cubs are fighting for their lives after being delivered prematurely at a Cincinnati zoo by a caesarean section, a procedure seldom performed during the birth of the endangered cats.
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'Vaginal Seeding' For C-Section Babies Ill-Advised: Experts
The increasingly popular practice of swabbing newborns delivered by caesarean section with fluid from the mother's vagina may not be safe, doctors and researchers cautioned Wednesday.
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Surgical Thread Removed From Kerala Woman's Abdomen 2-Year After Surgery
Two years after a woman underwent a caesarean section in Thiruvananthapuram, doctors have removed a small bundle of surgical thread from her abdomen area after she complained of severe pain.
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Prior c-section raises stillbirth risk
Previous caesarean section increases the risk of delivering a stillborn infant.
-
Lean women have lower risk of caesarean
Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) has a close association with the risk of caesarean section in women who have full-term deliveries.
-
Caesarean section increases infant mortality risk
Infants born through caesarean section are at high risk of death, especially if the mothers have no medical need for the procedure.
-
Repeated caesareans increase complications
Repeated caesarean sections raises the risk of bowel injury, intensive care unit admission and other maternal complications.
-
Caesarean delivery can be predicted
The likelihood that a pregnant woman will undergo a caesarean section after starting labour can be predicted by four parameters.
-
Less late pregnancy sleep and tough labour
First-time mothers who get little sleep during late pregnancy may have a longer labour and a high risk of a cesarean section.
