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Skeleton Shows Birth Trauma Is Nothing New
The oldest evidence of birth trauma in a human skeleton has been discovered by a researcher in Canada, confirming that the dangers of childbirth are nothing new to our species. Susan Pfeiffer, from the University of Toronto in Canada, has found an example of stress injury to the pelvis in the skeleton of a 2000-year-old female found in South Africa. According to newscientist.com, humans are unique among hominids in having a birth canal that is nearly identical in size to the neonatal head. This means that it is inevitable that natural variations will cause some women to have a pelvis that is too small for childbirth. The skeleton examined by Pfeiffer had an unusually narrow pelvis, which she said appears to have led to an injury to the pubic symphysis, a joint running down the midline of the pelvis, during childbirth. “Resulting deterioration of her joints probably caused a lot…
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Forceps Safer Than Vacuums Or C-Sections?
Despite falling out of favor in recent years, forceps-assisted deliveries may actually be safer for newborns than C-sections and vacuums, according to a recent study. C-sections are being performed in around one-third of all births, according to 2007 statistics. That is compared to 21 percent a decade before. Vacuums are being used far more frequently in difficult births as well. The reason for the increase in the use of methods other than forceps in difficult births is not easy to determine, as statistics do not show that these other methods are safer, according to Dr. Erika F. Werner, at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Werner is the head of a study using data on more than 400,000 births to first-time moms. The study found that those delivered with forceps were 45 percent less likely to suffer a seizure than those born via vacuum pump or C-section. Seizures at birth…
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New York Destroys Options for Birth Trauma Victims
In an unfortunate turn of events, a law recently passed in New York State prevents severely injured children from recovering the cost of their future care from the negligent doctor’s insurance company – even if the case is proven to be medical malpractice. These injured children will also be unable to control the health care decisions recommended by their doctors and therapists. The State of New York will instead make these decisions under its New York Medical Indemnity Fund. The obligation to pay for the negligent doctors’ mistakes will now be carried by taxpayers and a tax on obstetric services provided by hospitals. It will still be up the family of the injured child to prove in court that they were victims of medical negligence, with all the costs that go along with such a venture, to even become eligible for the fund. If they prove themselves victims of malpractice,…
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