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The study purported to involve nearly 1300 women – making it the largest analysis of women receiving steroids for the indication in the trial.

Automatic prescribing of narcotic painkillers should end for patients who undergo cesarean delivery, researchers have concluded.

For years, women recovering from cesarean section (C-section) deliveries have been given devices that let them, with a button, control the flow of opioid painkillers into their IV line. But as researchers and policymakers push to curb the use of opioids, clinicians are developing new strategies for treating pain after C-sections.

All along, Julia Maeda knew she wanted to have her baby naturally. For her, that meant in a hospital, vaginally, without an epidural for pain relief.

The researchers conducted a study to evaluate if the frequency of adverse pregnancy outcomes with gestational diabetes changed over time and if the risk of these outcomes differed by maternal race and ethnicity.