CHICAGO (WLS) -- A first-of-its-kind research study involves hundreds of Black moms getting support from the prenatal stage up to a year after giving birth. ABC7 Chicago's Black Moms Rising series is ...

The availability of maternity care services varies considerably throughout New Jersey hospitals with those having the fewest ...

The most effective ways of enhancing midwife wellbeing have been identified in a study, researchers have said. University of Bath (UOB) researchers have published a midwife-focused stress audit and a ...

The average cost of maternity care for a woman in a midwife-led unit is €182 less than in a consultant-led unit, according to new research conducted by the School of Nursing and Midwifery and School ...

A new study shows that women with low-risk pregnancies who were cared for by a midwife left the hospital with fewer complications and interventions than women who had an obstetrician deliver their ...

If you or your partner were scheduled to give birth soon, would you have a preference for who delivered your baby: a midwife or a doctor? A new study of maternity care facilities in Lithuania suggests ...

Now a new study, a systematic look at what midwives can and can't do in the states where they practice, offers new evidence that empowering them could significantly boost maternal and infant health.

CORVALLIS, Ore., May 13 (UPI) -- Two Oregon State University researchers have uncovered a pattern of distrust and some outright antagonism between physicians at hospitals and midwives. Melissa Cheyney ...

There’s a new study from the Cochrane Collection about midwife-led care for pregnant women in the United Kingdom. Researchers looked at 13 different studies of more than 13,000 pregnant women with ...