Our data analysis of over 1,700 hospitals across the US suggests that for-profit healthcare systems appear more susceptible to high C-section rates.

Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't ...

The steady rise in C-sections from 21 percent of births in 1996 to 32 percent today is a major quality and cost problem. The trend has been associated with a significant increase in serious maternal ...

Cesarean section (C-section) procedures have increased dramatically around the world in the recent decades. Overweight and obesity rates, common risk factors for pregnancy outcomes and for C-sections, ...

A new program offered by Lutheran Hospital is designed to help mothers ease into postpartum life. The rehabilitation program for mothers of cesareans or traumatic vaginal births was created by Matthew ...

In the spring of 2016, obstetrician Dr. Jesanna Cooper's practice hired a nurse-midwife to deliver babies at Princeton Baptist Medical Center, a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. The nurse-midwife was ...