PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PeriGen, Inc., the only OB-specific risk reduction company to provide solutions which generate immediate quantifiable clinical and financial value, is pleased to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Richard V. Lee, M.D., professor of medicine, obstetrics and pediatrics in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received the C.G. Barnes Award from ...

In 2011, one in three pregnant women in the U.S. delivered babies by cesarean delivery. While cesarean delivery may be life-saving for the mother, the baby or both, the rapid increase in cesarean ...

Starting Tuesday, births planned for Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital will take place in Huntley instead. A 7-1 vote by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board last week means ...

Northwestern Medicine will move all obstetric and neonatal services at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital to its Huntley hospital by the end of the year, the system announced Wednesday.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) designation of "Center of Excellence." The SOAP Center of Excellence (COE) designation ...

Labor and delivery centers run by family medicine (FM) healthcare providers have a lower cesarean delivery rate and better safety culture than centers led by obstetricians (OBs), based on ...

Orthopedic and obstetric surgeons are vital assets to any hospital, delivering essential patient care and serving as significant drivers of revenue. Yet hospitals facing thinner margins and a ...

The 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) was held May 4-7, 2005 in Palm Desert, California. This thriving and exciting meeting was attended by nearly 500 ...

The newborn’s head arrived first. A shoulder should have followed, but it was lodged securely behind the mother’s pubic bone. The baby’s head made the “turtle sign” as it delivered, rocking back as if ...

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks hospital in Glendale Heights, Ill., plans to discontinue its obstetrics services because of low demand and community factors including the higher median age in ...