Anesthetics are meant to make you feel comfortable enough and feel as little pain as possible during a potentially agonizing medical procedure. Being in that medicated state can sometimes lead to ...

After a pregnant runner is hit by a car, doctors perform an emergency C-section. Her baby survives, and her family begins a ...

Colorado is the first state to offer paid NICU leave for parents. But most U.S. NICU parents face impossible choices while their babies are sick.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and ...

New WHO research shows surgical delivery continues to rise globally, now accounting for more than one in five (21 per cent) ...

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.

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 ...

One in three babies are delivered by cesarean section in the U.S., the most common major surgery in this country. A new investigation by The New York Times finds that a widely-used fetal monitoring ...

A C-section scar may look pink, discolored, raised, and sore in the first weeks after surgery. To help a C-section scar heal, clean and moisturize the incision site, and change dressings regularly. A ...

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and legal concerns, The Times found. Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to ...

A baby girl was born by emergency C-section in Louisiana after her teen mother was critically shot during a suspected road rage incident — and is unlikely to ever meet her newborn daughter. The girl ...