ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula breaks down a new study in JAMA Pediatrics that examines childhood food allergies and possible risk factors.

Some people like being pregnant. I am not one of those people. And I remember the seemingly never-ending stretch of ...

T HE TEXTBOOKS are clear: in humans, pregnancy lasts an average of 40 weeks. But averages are just that. Many women find themselves at the end of that period without any sign of contractions. In those ...

After a pregnant runner is hit by a car, doctors perform an emergency C-section. Her baby survives, and her family begins a ...

Although it sounds appealing, Dr Felix Oindi, an assistant professor and consultant obstetrician-gynaecologist at Aga Khan University Hospital, explains that having a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) ...

Elevated epilepsy risk may reflect that maternal diabetes is tied to pregnancy complications, such as caesarean section, preterm birth, congenital anomalies, preeclampsia, or macrosomia, which are ...

But for two exceptions, children born via operative vaginal delivery or second-stage cesarean delivery (SSCD) had comparable ...

In a recently published review article from Lund University in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and ...

Unnecessary caesarean deliveries are rising sharply in Bangladesh, placing a heavy financial burden on households and the health system, with annual costs estimated at Tk4,057 crore, health experts ...

China: A recent study published in Medicine highlights the clinical value of combining plasma D-dimer testing, color Doppler ultrasound, and short-course enoxaparin sodium prophylaxis to predict and ...

Ann Ndeto, a first-time mother from Nairobi, delivered her son through a Caesarean Section (CS). The joy of motherhood had her sharing the wonderful news with all and sundry. Then came the odd ...

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...