WITH cesarean section, opinion on indications and choice of operation should certainly approach unanimity. So much has been written and so many formidable analytic compilations have been advanced that ...

A recent study published by the VATT Institute for Economic Research suggests that an unplanned CS performed for an indication which could perhaps have been avoided, only has a cause-effect ...

Midwives and many physicians are committed to offering healthy women the best vaginal birth possible. This commitment was revitalized 6 years ago with the campaign to protect access to vaginal birth.

Being born by cesarean section may have long-term health consequences, increasing your risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes as an adult, a study of more than 30,000 US women suggests. The research, ...

ON March 1, 1953, the Obstetrical Service of the Beth Israel Hospital had been in operation for three years. It was thought that sufficient cases had been accumulated to be statistically significant ...