CUETZALAN, Mexico (Reuters) - From cutting the umbilical chord to post-natal surgery, giving birth in the remote Sierra Norte mountains of central Mexico used to be a dirty and dangerous experience.

If you or your partner were scheduled to give birth soon, would you have a preference for who delivered your baby: a midwife or a doctor? A new study of maternity care facilities in Lithuania suggests ...

There’s nothing more natural than being born. There’s also nothing quite as fraught. A whole lot can go wrong during that long and tortuous journey from the womb to the world. Modern medicine can ...

CUETZALAN, Mexico (Reuters) - From cutting the umbilical chord to post-natal surgery, giving birth in the remote Sierra Norte mountains of central Mexico used to be a dirty and dangerous experience.

Columnist Joan Barron writes, “Only 26 certified professional midwives are currently licensed in Wyoming. And only six are held by Wyoming residents.” ...

A piece from Planet Money's The Indicator essentially told listeners that they would have to trust the reporters on substantiation in a complex... NPR's Planet Money team specializes in making complex ...

Doctors, midwives and health professionals from every region of the world today added their voices to the growing pressure for the decriminalisation of abortion, with 838 from 44 countries signing an ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A group of midwives and doctors filed a lawsuit in state court today challenging ongoing actions by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), which have imposed a de facto ban ...

Women in 28 of the NC's 100 counties will not find a hospital, doctor, or certified nurse midwife in their county to deliver ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A state senator who secretly added new legal protections for lay midwives to another bill did nothing unconstitutional, even if his colleagues find the tactic unfair, an ...