The Clinical Practice Guideline outlines definitions of labor and labor arrest and provides recommendations for managing ...

If you're pregnant and your due date is fast approaching, it's important to be able to recognize the signs that you're ...

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 ...

This article will go over why you might need to have your pupils dilated for an eye exam, what to expect, and how long recovery takes. Dilation is a key part of a comprehensive eye exam. It allows ...

WWE has now announced that Orton has been diagnosed with Cervical Cord Neurapraxia (CCN). It was also revealed that there was no set timetable for his return. The WWE Universe has since been ...

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 ...

The vision tests are simple, easy and comfortable. Only one thing is keeping you from scheduling an appointment —you don't like having your eyes dilated. Many people consider dilation a nuisance.

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 ...

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 ...