Kristie McNealy, MD

A joint effort of the March of Dimes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine analyzed data on the rising premature birth rate, and found that 92 percent of the increase in singleton premature birth is due to c-sections. Birth data from 1996 to 2004 showed [...]

According to preliminary birth data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), cesarean section rates in the United States hit an all time high of 31.1% of all births in 2006. This marks a 3% increase since 2005, and a startling 50% increase over the past decade. Some of this increase is [...]