This Women's Health Week, we spoke with Dr. Vidanka Vasilevski from the Center for Quality and Patient Safety Research within Deakin's Institute for Health Transformation about her research published ...

While prenatal care often takes center stage, understanding what to expect during labor, delivery and the early days of ...

Induction of labor is a routinely applied obstetric intervention designed to stimulate uterine contractions when delaying delivery poses a risk to maternal or neonatal health. A range of cervical ...

Unfavorable Cervix Subgroup In one trial with 100 women, there was no difference in caesarean deliveries between women who received castor oil or no treatment. [40] Summary: Compared with no treatment ...

Induced labour refers to the process where your healthcare team actively helps start labour instead of waiting for it to ...

The relative risk of major complications from the use of misoprostol to induce labor, when used as currently recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, compared with other ...