Month: January 2017

Prolonged labor can be harmful to maternal and fetal health. Few medical interventions are known…

Cesarean delivery rates have increased during the last few decades and it has become the…

Researchers have long determined that pregnancy can provide insight into future health. Because of the…

Researchers have developed a series of maternal safety toolkits aimed at responding to the leading…

Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States maternal…

Spina Bifia is a birth defect where there is incomplete closure of the backbone and…

Spina Bifida is a birth defect where there is an incomplete closure of the backbone…

When should women start getting heart screenings? A new U.S. national survey shows most women…

Researchers tested two types of sutures — poliglecaprone 25 (monocryl® suture) and polyglactin 910 (vicryl®…

Biomedical engineers report they have worked out a noninvasive way to release and deliver concentrated…