This Women's Health Week, we spoke with Dr. Vidanka Vasilevski from the Center for Quality and Patient Safety Research within Deakin's Institute for Health Transformation about her research published ...

When Is the Right Time to Induce Labor?For decades, the timing of labor induction in low-risk pregnancies has sparked debate ...

Living in Los Angeles, being 40 years old and pregnant is certainly not an anomaly. The only place it is noteworthy is at the doctor’s office. While the proper medical term has gone from “geriatric ...

This literature review compares the effectiveness of induction of labor versus expectant management in reducing adverse ...

From 2016 to 2024, there was an increase in labor induction rates across all maternal age groups and across all six race and Hispanic origin groups, according to a March data brief published by the ...

Labor induction is one of the most common medical procedures in the world, with nearly one-quarter of women who deliver in the U.S. undergoing the procedure each year (totaling roughly 1 million).

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although acupuncture is promoted as a way to induce labor in women who go past their due date, a new study adds to evidence doubting its usefulness. Researchers found that ...

H.L. is a 25-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1-0-0-0 admitted to the birth unit at 38 and 6/7 weeks' gestation for induction of labor because of an obstetric history of a previous intrauterine fetal ...

A pregnant mom's attempt to induce labor has gone viral for sourcing an unlikely candidate. At 39 weeks pregnant, Lizzy Harmon Beshea was doing "any and everything" to go into labor naturally. The ...

From 2016 to 2024, there was an increase in labor induction rates across all maternal age groups and across all 6 race and Hispanic origin groups.