Vitamin D deficiency associated with greater rates of Caesarean sections

Friday, December 26, 2008 - 18:56 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have found that pregnant women who are vitamin D deficient are also at an increased risk for delivering a baby by caesarean section as compared to pregnant women who are not vitamin D deficient. These findings currently appear on-line in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. read more

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