Prematurity

C-sections and Pre-term Births on the Decline -- Is There a Link?

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 01.21.2012

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Adam Wolfberg, M.D.

The c-section rate in the U.S. actually declined in 2010 from the previous year (from 32.9 percent to 32.8 percent) for the first time in a decade, and the preterm birth rate dropped for the fourth straight year to 12 percent.

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Doctors Should Advise, Not Just Inform

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 01.04.2012

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Adam Wolfberg, M.D.

As physicians, we must empower patients (or parents, when the patient is a baby) to make decisions, and it is absolutely essential for us to educate parents about their child's illness, the options for treatment and the prognosis.

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Ending Prematurity Is the Best Health Reform There Is

Dr. Steve Allen | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Steve Allen

Tanya could have fit into the palm of my hand. She was seven days old, but born two months too early. Glowing under her incubator's special lighting...

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