Women who use water immersion during labor and birth experience better maternal and neonatal outcomes compared to those who ...

Researchers looked at birth weight, an important predictor of long-term health, in 11 million babies born in the United ...

There is no evidence that water births, where a baby is intentionally born under water in a tub or pool, poses any increased harm to the child, Oregon State University researchers have found.

Water birth – in which a woman spends some or all of labour and delivery in a warm water pool – has become more popular as a gentler form of birthing. While its proponents claim it helps provide ...

Women who use water immersion during labour and birth experience better maternal and neonatal outcomes compared to those who receive epidural anesthesia, according to a study led by midwife Soledad ...

Pregnant women have been advised to use water filters by experts who spoke to Newsweek after a study found levels of arsenic in water systems considered safe are impacting birth outcomes, A national ...

Map of Nitrate Measures in Public Water: Iowa (1970-1988). Figure 2 reports the median nitrate level in each month-year of all reported public water measures in Iowa (1970-1988). Each blue point is a ...

A recent study led by Columbia University is raising new concerns about the safety of arsenic levels in U.S. drinking water, suggesting that even amounts below the federal limit may pose health ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. NEW TONIGHT A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED THIS AFTERNOON FOCUSES ON PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO NITRATES IN DRINKING WATER. AND TONIGHT WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT STUDY. AND WE’RE HEARING ...