Your very first moments of life can influence your risk of obesity for years, a new study shows. Babies delivered via caesarean section were 15% more likely to be obese as kids, teens and young adults ...

The number of women delivering babies via cesarean section has nearly doubled worldwide since 2000, to about 21 percent, new research shows. That's significantly higher than the 10 percent to 15 ...

An expert speaking at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will say that "Natural Caesarean Section" - in which women enjoy enhanced contact and bonding with their baby just as ...

Peruvian carving portraying a surgeon performing a Cesarean section. Source: Image by Peter van der Sluijs under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. Between 1965 and 2009, births by Caesarean section ...

(Medical Xpress)—A new study from Karolinska Institutet indicates that the mode of delivery could make an imprint in the stem cells of the newborn infant. The finding may be of interest for ...

Commercialised healthcare and systemic anxieties drive Bangladesh’s escalating caesarean rates, overshadowing critical maternal health outcomes.

Globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 -- from 12% to 21% of all births. While the life-saving surgery is still unavailable for ...

As emergency caesarean rates rise, research from Bangladesh and England suggests decisions are shaped by more than clinical ...

Doctors and veterinarians in Seattle conducted a historic emergency cesarean section on a gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo, ...

No matter where a family lives, welcoming a baby into the world can be a joyous occasion – yet how a woman experiences birth varies drastically from country to country. The number of births by ...

Mangaluru: Even as cesarean (C-section) deliveries are witnessing a significant rise across the state, Dakshina Kannada ...

Whether you have a c-section or a vaginal birth, both are to be applauded. Growing a baby and then delivering it is no mean feat, and many women's bodies will forever bear the signs of pregnancy and ...