Word: sections
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...student reported receiving the letter to Law School Dean of Students Sarah Wald then read the note aloud at the weekly meeting of her class section, which represents one quarter of her class...
...Once a C-section, always a C-section." That is the snappy guideline most obstetricians have followed since World War I. By the mid-1980s, 1 baby out of every 4 born in the U.S. was delivered by caesarean, making the U.S. the world leader in surgical deliveries. In 1987 an estimated 35% of the procedures were done only because the mother had previously delivered by C-section. Last week the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists officially declared new guidelines on caesareans for the first time in 70 years. Its recommendation: doctors should encourage mothers who have...
...past decade, studies have shown that vaginal births are possible for 50% to 80% of women who have had C-sections. At the same time, the case against the surgical procedure has mounted. Caesarean sections carry all the risks of major surgery, including complications associated with anesthesia, blood transfusions and infection, especially of the uterus. The incidence of maternal mortality is twice as high for women who undergo repeat caesareans, and infants are at increased risk for respiratory problems and distress caused by anesthesia given to the mother. On balance, the benefits of vaginal deliveries after C-sections have long...
Still, physicians are concerned that women who have had a vertical uterine incision, which is now used in less than 1% of all caesareans, risk tearing along the scar. Their advice: better to have another C-section. But the vast majority of those who have undergone C-sections have had the preferred horizontal incision across the lower abdomen, or "bikini cut," and for them last week's announcement may finally break the old saw against vaginal delivery the second time around, and even the third...
...Once a C- section, always a C- section" is no longer the case. -- After halting production of abortion pills in the face of protests, a French firm was ordered to resume making them...