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| | UC DAVIS STUDY FINDS SOME HOSPITALS LESS LIKE TO ADDRESS CHOICE BETWEEN ANOTHER CESAREAN BIRTH OR TRYING LABOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | "Whether a vaginal birth is advisable after a cesarean birth is still controversial despite studies showing they are relatively safe," said Joy Melnikow, UC Davis associate professor of family medicine and lead author of the study. |
 | | Of a sample of records from those hospitals, 312 women, admitted to deliver a baby, were identified as having had prior cesarean births and eligible, because of low-risk factors, for trying a vaginal birth with their subsequent pregnancy. |
 | | In addition, nearly a third of all cesareans are repeat cesareans, and in many of these attempting a vaginal birth is possible, she said. |
| www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu /news/cesarean_birth.html (575 words) |
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