A third of babies born in the U.S. are delivered by cesarean section, and researchers estimate that about half of those surgeries are medically unnecessary. A number of hospitals have taken steps to ...

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WEBVTT WHY THE DOCTORS WHO PERFORM THE HISTORIC SURGERY SAY THE CHANGE IN MEDICINE IS AN UPHILL BATTLE. HILLARY: AFTER A TRAUMATIC EMERGENCY C-SECTION WITH HER FIRST SON -- EVERYTHING LEADING UP TO IT ...

Is your baby in an awkward position? Is your labor not progressing? Do you have other health concerns? In any of these situations, you might need a cesarean delivery — commonly known as a cesarean ...

CINCINNATI (AP) – Cincinnati Zoo officials say five cheetah cubs born after a rare C-section procedure are getting around-the-clock critical care in the zoo’s nursery. The zoo’s director of animal ...

More often, pregnant women are looking for ways to make a possible C-section delivery as natural as possible — whether by mothers pulling their own babies out of their abdomens to researchers ...

Cesarean section (C-section) procedures have increased dramatically around the world in the recent decades. Overweight and obesity rates, common risk factors for pregnancy outcomes and for C-sections, ...