News tagged with 'Induce'

Inducing labor before 39 weeks of pregnancy should be discouraged unless there is a medical necessity, says the largest association of gynecologists and obstetricians, which issued new guidelines for delivery today.  As many as half of labors are induced at some hospitals.  

What caused Michael Jackson’s apparent cardiac arrest won’t be known for weeks, but what is known is that only about one in five survive unless a defibrillator and CPR is used immediately.  More advanced emergency care involves lowering the body temperature to minimize brain damage.

The Children's Hearing Institute reports hearing loss among children and young adults is rising in the United States and one-third of the damage is caused by noise. An estimated one child in every eight has noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), according to the American Academy of Audiology.