Electrical switch during labour could be faulty in overweight women
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified an electrical switch in the muscle of the uterus that plays a key role in the progression into labor. Crucially, the discovery shows that women who are overweight have a faulty switch. The finding may explain why overweight women have a higher likelihood of irregular contractions and are more likely to require a caesarean section than other women.