Medical staff deliver a baby by cesarean section at a hospital in China.
Caesarean sections are on the rise globally. But China’s sky-high C-section rate is out of control and they are trying to get a handle on it.
C-sections in U.S. climb to all-time high
Between 2002 and 2009, the number of cesarean deliveries rose significantly, from 27 percent of births to 34 percent, finds a new report based on information from 19 U.S. states.
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Babies Born One Week Early Are at Higher Risk for Serious Health Problems
Babies born at 39 weeks may need extra help in the classroom than those born at 40 weeks.
Babies born only a week early are at higher risk of a host of serious health problems from autism to deafness, research has shown. A study of hundreds of thousands of British schoolchildren found that those born at 39 weeks are more likely to need extra help in the classroom than those delivered after a full 40 weeks in the womb.
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2007 US Births Breaks 1950’s Record
U.S. 2007 Baby Boomlet
More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation’s history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday.