The C-section is now the most performed surgery in the U.S. The number of cesarean sections performed in the United States has risen from 4.5 per cent of childbirths in 1965, to 31 per cent today. This surgery was originally only performed in situations where the mother and baby were in danger. This surgery can cause unnecessary complications.
It has also caused a steep rise in medical bills, for one because they require longer hospital stays. And childbirth accounts for a huge portion of the country’s health care expenditure. Read more… continue reading...
Nicholas Holderman, 20 months, was playing at home with his two elder brothers when his parents heard his screams from the next room and knew that something was very wrong. continue reading...
The human body never ceases to amaze me:
A 2-year-old girl who was born with four arms and four legs left a hospital in southern India on Saturday little more than a month after surgeons there successfully removed her extra limbs. continue reading...
