Higher is better when it comes to a Bishop score. It's used at the end of pregnancy to determine how ready your cervix is for ...

For the first time, the British Thoracic Society (BTS), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) have collaborated to develop ...

Only one thing is keeping you from scheduling an appointment —you don't like having your eyes dilated. Many people consider dilation a nuisance. Nobody can honestly say they enjoy those pesky eyedrops ...

Our goal was to describe "active labor" duration and rates of cervical dilation for low-risk nulliparous women with spontaneous labor onset irrespective of any intervention. Because we did not ...

EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- During National Massage Therapy Awareness Week ®, the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) is sharing a recent wave of research highlighting ...

Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections cause almost all cervical cancers. These very common infections are contracted during sexual contact (including all genital contact with or without ...

95%CI 1.12-1.77); and cervical dilation (OR = 1.91; 95% CI 1.53-2.38) were significant markers of the onset of labor. On the other hand, backache had a negative diagnostic value (OR = 0.78 ...