In a new, hospital-level analysis by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Katy Kozhimannnil at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, ...

Women who gave birth at hospitals with a larger percentage of midwife-attended births were less likely to have two specific medical interventions, cesarean delivery and episiotomy, a new, ...

“I’ve been a nurse-midwife for 11 years and have cut four episiotomies,” she says, adding that such a low rate is common among midwives. Episiotomy rates do vary by practitioner type. Private-practice ...

While the case for prevention of childbirth trauma is strong, how to actually accomplish this goal is less clear. Four clinical interventions during the second stage of labor have been studied to ...

We thank Drs. Klein and Kaczorowski for their interest in our article.1, 2 Although we found some of their arguments distracting and dated, we welcome this opportunity to clarify our position. We ...

May 8, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) — A study of 10-year episiotomy trends among different practice groups at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, found a substantial reduction in ...

Expectant mothers seeking to lower their risk of a cesarean delivery might want to consider getting a midwife involved, a new study suggests. In addition, midwives were tied to less need for a ...

AMHERST, Mass. - In a new, hospital-level analysis by health policy researcher Laura Attanasio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Katy Kozhimannnil at the University of Minnesota School of ...