Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky. By Carl Zimmer It’s a question on every new parent’s exhausted mind: Why are babies born ...

Hospitals and physicians are voicing concerns over the Biden administration’s proposed rules to improve maternal health, arguing the current approach is too punitive and could inadvertently hinder ...

A team of integrative biologists at the University of Texas, Western Washington University and Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found that both wide and narrow hips provide women with ...

For women undergoing in vitro fertilization, single-embryo transfers are more likely than multiple-embryo transfers to end in a healthy birth, irrespective of whether fresh or frozen oocytes are used, ...

A new virtual medical education project developed by the University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), in partnership with the Wyoming Primary Care Association, prepares health ...

Obstetrical complications differ fivefold among U.S. hospitals Clinicians and policy makers should develop quality metrics to improve obstetrical outcomes. The rates of major obstetrical complications ...

BALDWIN, Wis. (WEAU) - Healthcare shutdowns in the region continue to affect many services from emergency departments to mental health services and obstetrical care. It’s a situation that leaves some ...

In developed countries, an increase in the average age of the gravida has been documented. The mean age of primiparous women in Austria rose from 25 years in 1991 to 28 years in 2008. In Germany in ...

UChicago Medicine has named Sarosh Rana, MD, to serve as its first chief obstetrical transformation officer. Dr. Rana, an expert in managing hypertensive disorders among pregnant patients, stepped ...

MONTGOMERY — Charles Rogers shared a grave warning earlier this week during a meeting of the Alabama Public Health Committee that the state’s shrinking availability of obstetrical services could prove ...

Dr. Lynda Gilliam, right, medical director of Huntsville Hospital's new obstetrical emergency department, talks in the doorway to the OB ER with Jade LaCroix, center, nursing unit director for the OB ...