Why are so many women nearly dying in childbirth? Cross off a few leading theories

A new Stanford study, published recently in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, uses California-wide data to try to explain why the rate of severe maternal morbidity — the technical name for life-threatening pregnancy complications — has jumped. The reasons for the rise in severe maternal morbidity have not been well studied. "It's really shocking that this has been increasing so much and has only recently started to get attention," said postdoctoral scholar Stephanie Leonard, PhD, the study's l...

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