Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that hysterectomy- a common operation involving the removal of the uterus - greatly increases the risk of urinary incontinence. Their results, which come from a nationwide study, are presented in The Lancet.
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An international study led by a McMaster researcher aims to determine if a manual procedure to turn breech babies in the uterus can result in fewer births by caesarean section.
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An increase among women electing to have caesarean sections in recent years has been due in large part to a concern that giving birth vaginally will lead to a fallen bladder and uterus in later life, and the issue has been hotly debated in the medical community.
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