Report: C-sections increase risk, costs

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests overuse of cesarean section and other birthing interventions increase health risks and costs. The study, released Wednesday by the Childbirth Connection, The Reforming States Group, and the Milbank Memorial Foundation, said more than 31 percent of U.S. births are by cesarean section, increasing birth costs by more than $2.5 billion per year. "The excess cesareans buy no reduction in maternal and newborn deaths," the report said. The study... [read full story]