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NEWS ABOUT: cesarean section

cesarean section stories: 5 news summaries

Cut Down on C-Sections, Experts Tell US Women

Hospitals profit from unnecessary cesareans

May 17, 09 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - American women are risking their health and driving up medical costs by having too many cesarean sections, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most common operation in the US, the C-section is used in 31% of births and accounts for 45% of rising birth costs. It can also lead to... More »

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health care • health care costs • surgery • Victoria Beckham • birth • cesarean section

Second US Flu Victim Gave Birth Last Week

Texas teacher's family mourns as deadly outbreak wanes

May 6, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Texas woman who died yesterday after suffering from swine flu was a teacher who gave birth to a healthy baby girl last week by Cesarean section, the AP reports. Judy Trunnell, 33, was hospitalized after she had difficulty breathing 2 weeks ago and later fell into a coma. Texas... More »

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Texas • Mexico • coma • cesarean section • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Judy Trunnell • Harlingen, Texas

C-Sections, Wary Docs
Push Birth Costs Up

Report is critical of high-tech methods, urges natural ones

Oct 8, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spending on childbirth—the country's No. 1 reason for hospitalization—is on the rise, and much of it is due to unnecessary tests and procedures, USA Today reports. A new study critical of the system found that $2.5 billion is spent annually on needless high-tech C-sections, which cost... More »

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health care costs • motherhood • infant • childbirth • hospitalization • health study • obstetrician-gynecologists • cesarean section

 Brangelina
 Welcomes
 a Boy and Girl 

Jolie gives birth to Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in France

Jul 13, 08 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, last night at a hospital in Nice, France, People reports. As partner Brad Pitt looked on, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline were born by Cesarean section. “The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly,” said... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • twins • France • birth • Nice • multiple births • cesarean section • Brangelina

C-Sections Propel Jump
in Preemies

Risks, costs skyrocket for premature infants, new research notes

May 29, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of US babies born before reaching normal gestation jumped by a third from 1996 to 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports, with Cesarean sections accounting for much of the rise. With health risks and high costs associated with premature babies, the trend presents "a serious problem,"... More »

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public health • childbirth • premature birth • premature baby • preterm birth rate • cesarean section

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