Women born by cesarean section were 11% more likely to be obese and had a 46% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with women born by vaginal delivery, according to a study ...

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Being born by cesarean section may have long-term health consequences, increasing your risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes as an adult, a study of more than 30,000 US women suggests.

Rates of cesarean deliveries, or C-sections, have risen in the developed world to more than 20 percent of births, even though the World Health Organization recommends this surgery only for the ...

The role of cesarean section in cardiac patients was formerly highly debatable. We no longer perform it in these cases unless there is an obstetric indication for the operation. Nor do we permit ...

A C-section is a major surgical procedure, so your medical team will use various monitors. During a gentle cesarean, they attach the leads for these monitors to your side or back.

Yet another possible reason for the country’s high C-section rate, as we mentioned, is that physicians are routinely paid more for a C-section than they are for a vaginal delivery—on average ...

C-section procedure rates worldwide have almost doubled since 2000, according to a new study. The countries where more than half of births are by C-section include the Dominican Republic, Brazil ...