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6/16/2006 6:14:00 AM | Hospital settles malpractice suit 
=(0) A California hospital has decided to settle a malpractice suit rather than face long and costly litigation. It will set up a lifetime annuity for a baby who was born severely brain damaged after a C-section birth that lawyers for the baby's mother say was improperly delayed. The mother was hospitalized with high blood pressure and an attempt w...
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5/25/2006 4:24:00 AM | Hospital delays blamed for twin’s death =(0) A couple in Manchester, England blames St. Mary's Hospital there for the death of one of their twin babies, and the multiple organ problems of the other. Because of a high risk pregnancy, a C-section was scheduled but later postponed for a day, allegedly because of other emergencies in the hospital. By the time the C-section took place, no hea...
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4/4/2006 1:22:00 PM | Your Health This Month - =(0) This is part of an article in Slate, written by a doctor, which examines current health controversies. The part about C-section, found here: http://www.slate.com/id/2139271/#caesarean examines the factors behind the increasing proportion of births by C-section and outlines the risks and benefits of both C-section and vaginal delivery. The question...
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4/3/2006 3:33:00 AM | Mothers aren't behind a vogue for caesareans =(0) This article attempts to debunk the current perception that the increase in C-Section births is due to maternal request. In fact there is no firm evidence that mothers in significant numbers are requesting elective Caesarians (without medical indication) and some evidence to the contrary, in studies. The authors postulate that the increase is likel...
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3/29/2006 8:24:00 PM | Panel asks women to weigh pros and cons of C-sections - =(0) A National Institutes of Health Panel concludes that more study is needed to determine whether C-Section births should be performed solely on the basis of maternal request. The risks and benefits are still unclear although it is known that risks are higher with multiple Caesarian delvieries. There is also a risk of inadvertently delivering a baby p...
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3/28/2006 8:31:00 PM | Special Deliveries =(0) The National Institutes of Health is to host a conference to study the increasing incidence of Caesarian Section deliveries in the United States. The rate is up to almost 30% of deliveries, double the rate of ten years ago and double the rate desired by the CDC. Some of the increase is due to women choosing to have C-Sections for various non-medica...
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3/28/2006 2:03:00 PM | Family Awarded $17 Million Malpractice Settlement =(0) A West Virginia girl and her family are awarded $17 million in a malpractice suit against Monongalia General Hospital and obstetrician Louise E. Van Riper. Marissa Pochron, now nine, has cerebral palsy as a result of oxygen deprivation leading to severe brain damage, which could have been avoided if a C-Section had been performed when complications...
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3/23/2006 2:36:00 PM | Baby Gender Mentor: A Suit Is Born =(0) Acu-Gen has been marketing a Baby Gender Mentor product where you are supposedly able to identify the gender of your baby as early as five weeks. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against the company because the testing appears to be inaccurate as many women have had ultrasounds confirming their baby to be the opposite sex of that identifie...
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3/21/2006 10:49:00 AM | Women Often Not Told, Do Not Understand Risks of Delivering by =(0) A recent survey of women who gave birth by Caesarian Section in 2005 reveals that over half were unclear or incorrect regarding potential complications of that procedure. It also found that having a C-Section for non-medical reasons is not a popular choice and moreover that women feel that many of these operations are performed unnecessarily due to...
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