More interventions at delivery not linked to healthier newborns, study shows

In low-risk pregnant women, high induction and first-cesarean delivery rates do not lead to improved outcomes for newborns, according to new research. The finding that rates of intervention at delivery -- whether high, low, or in the middle -- had no bearing on the health of new babies brings into question the skyrocketing number of both inductions and cesarean deliveries in the United States.

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