Implementing WHO guidelines can cut unnecassary C-section deliveries, India study findsImplementing the World Health Organizaion's guidelines could help improve women's care during childbirth and reduce unnecessary cesarean se...
01 Feb, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
Celebrity grandfather Al Roker delights in welcoming granddaughter skyAl's son-in-law, Wesley, introduced Sky to the world on social media, praising Courtney as a new mom and expressing his admiration for thei...
10 Jul, 2023, 11.25 PM IST
Bathing C-section babies in vaginal liquid may boost their immunity: StudyPast research has shown infants born by C-section have vastly different gut bacteria composition compared to those born vaginally.
16 Jun, 2023, 09.24 AM IST
US births in 2022 didn't return to pre-pandemic levelsBirths to moms 35 and older continued to rise, with the highest rates in that age group since the 1960s. But those gains were offset by rec...
01 Jun, 2023, 11.28 AM IST
In a first in country, Kerala transman gives birth, keeps gender of baby secretZahad, a trans man was carrying the child and gave birth on Wednesday.
09 Feb, 2023, 07.50 AM IST
Listen up, moms-to-be: Covid infection can increase pregnancy, birth-related complicationsThe study suggests that vaccination may be useful to protect women and their babies.
01 Dec, 2021, 01.35 PM IST
Over dozen Covid positive pregnant women deliver healthy babies in Bandipora hospital in J-KEight patients delivered healthy babies by way of Lower Segment Cesarean Section while four patients had a normal delivery.
21 May, 2021, 11.39 PM IST
SC dismisses plea for guidelines on cesarean deliveries, fines litigant"Having perused the PIL, we are of the view that the same is an abuse of process of law," the court said.
03 Aug, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Body of infant snatched away by monkey in Odisha found in wellThe family members of the new born first spotted the body floating in the 15-feet-deep well and retrieved it with the help of villagers, po...
01 Apr, 2018, 08.32 PM IST
Government to ask private hospitals to share cesarean delivery figuresHospitals seeking to be empanelled by CGHS, which is under the ministry of health and family welfare, may have to publicly display the numb...
15 May, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Centre asks states to carry out prescription audit in private health facilitiesA communication has also gone to Federation of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) which is the largest professional ...
17 Mar, 2017, 06.42 PM IST
- Additional antibiotic can reduce c-section infection
New York, Oct 1 (IANS) Women who have cesarean delivery can reduce infection rates by administering additional antibiotic azithromycin, fin...
01 Oct, 2016, 04.42 PM IST
Myth-buster: Six facts about anaesthesiaAnaesthesia is a drug administered to patients before an operation to make the area of surgery numb.
08 Oct, 2015, 07.01 PM IST
11.69% of pregnant women in West Bengal have gestational diabetes: StudyThe study published in the Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health, showed that 11.69 per cent women in West Bengal, suffered from ges...
28 Apr, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Deficiencies in government's maternal-natal health programme: ReportReview report by government's technical support institution has pointed out several gaps in the implementation of 'Janani Shishu Suraksha K...
07 Jul, 2013, 10.39 AM IST
- 2011 saw India leading fight against polio
A significant fall in infant mortality rates, the longest polio-free period in the country, lowest decadal growth of population in 90 years...
06 Jan, 2012, 12.42 PM IST
- Lord Mountbatten should be called "Mount Blank": Jaswant
Jaswant Singh said the last Viceroy of British India should be called "Mount Blank" as he did not do anything to stop the "massacres" that ...
17 Apr, 2010, 05.30 PM IST