According to the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, cesarean sections have become a more common way of giving ...

More babies are being born by caesarean section in England than delivered naturally - without assistance - for the first time ...

Globally, 21% births are delivered via C-section, higher than the level thought required for medical purposes (10-15%). 60% of countries overuse C-sections, and 25% underuse the procedure, suggesting ...

Your very first moments of life can influence your risk of obesity for years, a new study shows. Babies delivered via caesarean section were 15% more likely to be obese as kids, teens and young adults ...

Peruvian carving portraying a surgeon performing a Cesarean section. Source: Image by Peter van der Sluijs under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. Between 1965 and 2009, births by Caesarean section ...

Those who identify as heterosexual who have prior same-sex experience had the highest risk WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17, 2025 ...

Since Estonia regained its independence, cesarean sections initially accounted for just 6 percent of all births in the ...

Here’s what to ask your health care provider. By Anna Nowogrodzki This story was originally published on May 2, 2019 on NYT Parenting. If you’re pregnant and you’ve previously had a cesarean section, ...

Hospitals don't always publicly disclose their C-section rates, so we compiled our own data from over 1,700 hospitals. Here's ...

Globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 -- from 12% to 21% of all births. While the life-saving surgery is still unavailable for ...