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New Guidelines Aim to Reduce Repeated C-Sections

by Associated Press, Posted Jul 22nd 2010 10:00AM

Study finds new ways to avoid C-section Credit: Getty Images
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most women who've had a C-section, and many who've had two, should be allowed to try labor with their next baby, say new guidelines - a step toward reversing the ...
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Early Caesareans Risky for Newborns

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jan 10th 2009 2:02PM

C-sections, as we've long known, can be risky business. The C, also known as the Caesarean section, is, after all, major surgery, with a longer recovery time than a regular birth. C-sections also can lead to complications like infection and ...
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Lack of Vitamin D Tied To Increased Likelihood of C-Section

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Dec 31st 2008 10:01AM

Could a lack of D cause a C? The results of a recent study on the link between Vitamin D deficiency and C-sections seem to point in that direction. Most women, I'd wager, would rather not have a Caesarean section, also known as a C-section, to bring ...
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Pregnancy fact or fiction: Umbilical cords

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 5th 2008 3:00PM

When I was pregnant with my first child, I had a lot of fears. Some of them were totally unsubstantiated, but all of them were most likely the product of going through a life-altering experience with no real rules or know-how. And of course there ...
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Does a caesarean = no insurance?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 2nd 2008 1:01PM

For some women, it does. As the number of individuals seeking their own health insurance (not through an employer-sponsored plan) increases right along with the startling number of women getting C-sections these days, insurance companies are making ...
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Girl born with two heads in stable condition

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 20th 2006 10:00AM

Doctors in Indonesia are grappling with just how to treat a baby girl born with two heads. The rare form of conjoined twins, called a dicephalus twin, is presenting the medical team with many questions and few answers. The girl, named Syafitri, ...
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