Genes may play bigger preemie birth role

Genetics may play a greater role than previously thought in accounting for black women's higher rate of premature births, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found. Experts have long attributed the racial disparity in part to poverty, disparate...

Infant outcomes worse with planned C-section

"NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Newborns who are delivered via planned Caesarean section are more likely to be transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit and to experience lung disorders compared with those delivered via planned vaginal delivery, according to findings published...

Controversy surrounds surgery by gynecologists who are not considered surgeons

While gynecologists prescribe drugs to stimulate ovulation or oral contraceptives that are also used to treat dysmenorrhea, surgery is a common gynecological therapy.