On the afternoon of Sept. 9, 2024, Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at University of Florida Health in downtown Jacksonville when a nurse came in with a bedsheet and told her to ...

Children born to mothers who received antibiotic azithromycin to help prevent infection during a cesarean delivery were no more likely to experience respiratory or gastrointestinal adverse outcomes ...

Even after 30 hours of labor with pitocin, no dilation or advancement towards a delivery, and amniotic waters full of meconium, Nina Sherman Green was surprised to learn that she was heading into the ...

Gingivectomy addresses both periodontal pocket reduction and esthetic “gummy smile” correction. Surgical methods include traditional scalpels and electrosurgery or laser units for precise coagulation.

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery the ...

Students on a practical lesson on how to properly cut cooper wire during refresher training course on refrigeration & air conditioning for women technicians in Kenya.[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] ...

For years, researchers have documented health differences between babies born vaginally versus by cesarean section—work that revealed the importance of exposure to the vaginal microbiome during birth.

1 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Yaoundé Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, ...

President Trump is pushing for an intensified “reverse migration” agenda across his administration, seeking to broaden a crackdown on millions of immigrants from poorer countries following the killing ...

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its rates of the operation in healthy first-time mothers. By Sarah Kliff Times ...

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...