Labor induction has risen across demographic groups and gestational age categories during the past decade, an analysis of ...

Randomized clinical trials have shown that induction of labour does not result in higher caesarean delivery rates in women who are postterm. Despite this evidence, the policy of inducing women who are ...

If your doctor or midwife has concerns about your or your baby's health toward the end of your pregnancy, they might suggest speeding up the process. This is called inducing labor, or induction.

A Canadian population-based cohort study has revealed that medical induction of labor increases the risk of amniotic-fluid embolism. The study was led by Dr. Michael Kramer, Canadian Institutes of ...

The headlines linking labor induction and autism risk are splashy--aren't they always with "autism linked to" stories? My favorite misstatement of the research is in this headline from Bloomberg: ...

Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists have found. Contrary to a belief widely held ...

Among 20,215 deliveries, 16.9% were to individuals with normal weight, 43.1% to those with overweight, 35.1% to those with class I-II obesity, and 4.9% to those with class III obesity, with maximum ...

“The only time you induce labour is when the continuation of the pregnancy poses a threat to the mother or the baby, and there is nothing that prevents that patient from having a normal vaginal ...

Initiating labor in a pregnant woman without contractions seems to be a simple way to explain induction of labor. For many women, induction is becoming increasingly more common. In fact, induction has ...

Initiating labor in a pregnant woman without contractions seems to be a simple way to explain induction of labor. For many women, induction is becoming increasingly more common. In fact, induction has ...