Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’, shows new UN study

Dec 11, 2024, at 10:52 am

A new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the “invisible” millions of babies each year who go unregistered. Nearly eight in 10 children under five were successfully registered at birth in the last five years.

Newly identified enzyme could play key role in childbirth and muscle diseases, Stanford scientists say

Dec 15, 2018, at 04:18 pm

New York, Dec 15 (IBNS): Since the 1960s, scientists have known of a modification that occurs to a particular molecule in muscles, especially after exercise. What scientists haven’t known is how that modification happens, or even why.

C-section birth: Study says procedure increasing at an alarming rate

Oct 13, 2018, at 03:21 pm

London, Oct 13 (IBNS): A recent study has said that the percentage of doctors and pregnant mothers undertaking the Ceasarean section or the C-Section has almost doubled in the last decade and a half. It stated the development as 'alarming'.

WHO study reveals ‘game-changer’ drug with potential to save thousands of women’s lives in childbirth

Jun 28, 2018, at 11:27 am

New York, June 28 (IBNS): A stand-by drug used to prevent potentially-fatal bleeding after childbirth has some new competition – with improved benefits, according a United Nations health agency-led report.