Given the on-going rise of low-risk inductions despite areas of uncertainty, there is a need to better understand the risks and benefits and the frequency at which the various induction agents are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: lizzy.beshea / tiktok At 40 weeks pregnant, many moms are searching for anything—anything—to get labor going. So when one ...

Credit: Getty Images This literature review compares the effectiveness of induction of labor versus expectant management in reducing adverse perinatal and maternal outcomes for pregnant patients ...

A new review including over 100 clinical trials has found that 13 common methods for medically inducing labor are similarly effective, but their safety profiles differ according to clinical context.

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 ...

Whether your due date is just around the corner or has come and gone, you may be understandably eager to speed up the labor process. Problem is, most of the popular labor induction techniques — like ...

Labor induction has risen across demographic groups and gestational age categories during the past decade, an analysis of National Vital Statistics System data found. Among singleton deliveries, ...