 has a C-section is three times more likely to hemorrhage during childbirth than a woman who has a normal vaginal delivery.
"When we harm people in the health care system we harm them from doing too much or from doing too little," said Dr. Neel Shah, an OB-GYN and an investigator at Ariadne Labs.
In the category of too little, Shah says doctors and nurses need to be more proactive with blood transfusions and taking other measures to prevent severe, life-threatening hemorrhage.
Study authors say the spike is still hard to explain, but some other birth experts say the possible connection is troubling.
"There's nothing in the paper that makes a clear link between these things, but I do think that's something that deserves exploring in more depth and highlights where the state's priority should be," said Dr. Daniel Grossman, vice chair of the committee on health care for underserved women at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Grossman agrees that the findings are an embarrassment for the country as a whole.
The study does not have maternal mortality rates for every state, because not all states have been collecting information about pregnancy on death certificates. But California has and showed a six point drop between 2003 and 2015.
The state examines cases of maternal death and has developed recommendations for reducing hemorrhage and preeclampsia, a sometimes-life-threatening high blood pressure that develops in the late stages of pregnancy.
Declercq says the first step to solving this problem for the country as a whole will be to admit that the U.S. has a problem.
Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly called Dr. Grossman's organization the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We regret the error.The HTCWrestling Podcast Top 3 Non Title SummerSlam Matches And More!
Justin C and Cam bring you this week’s HTCWrestling Podcast. They look back at SummerSlams from the past and talk about the Top 3 Non-Title matches of all time. They also look at how this year’s current SummerSlam is taking shape and how the injuries to Bayley and Scott Dawson affect not only the card but plans for the women and tag team division on RAW. They also discuss the “controversial” spots from Indy wrestling shows this past weekend involving Lio Rush and Joey Ryan. Do they think they killed the business just like Jim Cornette?
Imagine being the fed who had to investigate Crimethinc in 2006. Which was, incidentally, the last time I read anything of theirs. "Well I found 26 pages on how to build a giant George W Bush puppet with missiles for arms out of wheat paste and papier mache"
@InternetEh ah, those were the days. One of those at every protest.NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's the time of year when crowds flock to the Hamptons, but business owners are wondering whether the recession has cooled off the hot getaway destination for the rich and famous.
The Hamptons, a traditional summer spot for the rich and famous, is feeling the pinch of the recession.
Sales of homes over $5 million, considered high-end real estate on the east end of Long Island, New York, are down dramatically. Sales dropped almost 64 percent in the first quarter of 2009, compared with the previous year, according to the Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate Market Report. The report also states overall home sales were down 49 percent.
Still, some people are spending big to stay in trophy beachfront properties. Houses that didn't find buyers over the past few months are now on the summer rental market, and that's where the action is, according to Dottie Herman, Prudential Douglas Elliman CEO and president.
"I can't reveal the client, but I can tell you that there was, and again this is not the norm, but there was a rental done in the Hamptons for $900,000 for two months," Herman said.
Deals can still be found in a market that is usually locked up several weeks before the Memorial Day weekend.
"Usually, you could very rarely get a rental for less than a month. Now you're seeing people rent for a week or two weeks," Herman said.
For some people, summers in the Hamptons are defined not only by where they stay, but also by what they do there. Many people familiar with the A-list party scene predict subdued affairs this year.
"I think you'll find most people will downplay their fun. It will be more about walks and biking and beaches," said restaurateur Andrew Chapman.
Annual polo matches and headline-grabbing fundraisers will still take place this summer, but planners say menus will be toned down with barbecues replacing gourmet fare.
Chapman hopes visitors to the Hamptons will head to the Blue Parrot, a local favorite eatery that he's reopening this summer. Despite the sour economy, Chapman said he expects to fill tables.
"It's not going to have these velvet ropes or this bottle service or anything fancy like that," he said. "I don't foresee any real economic troubles."If I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen A Christmas Story, I’d probably be at least $50 richer, and that’s a lot for a kid like Ralphie growing up in ’40s. I saw the 1983 classic for the first time when I was about 4-years-old, and my family and I have been watching it on loop every Christmas since then. As you can imagine, this often means I’ll go to bed on Christmas Eve with lines like “You’ll shoot your eye out,” and “Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine,” stuck in my head, which leaves me feeling pretty dang festive come Christmas morning. But, as hilarious as some of the lines in the film are, A Christmas Story has stood the test of time for more reasons than one.
The film follows the story of a boy named Ralphie Parker (played by Peter Billingsley), who wants nothing more in life than a Red Ryder air rifle. As Ralphie puts up with the struggles of being an elementary school student leading up to the holiday season, he never stops dreaming about the BB gun, and drops more than a few hints that he’s hoping to see it under the Christmas tree (28 hints, actually). Ultimately, the film is about family and enjoying each other’s company during the holidays, and who doesn’t want to see a movie with such a heartwarming message on Christmas?
From the ridiculous cast of characters to Ralphie’s internal monologues and his eagerness for Christmas Day to arrive, there’s a lot about this film that makes me want to watch it over and over again every year. Whether you’ve seen it 100 times or it’s still on your “To Be Watched” list, keep scrolling to check out some of the best moments from A Christmas Story.
'Charmian Clift!!' I exclaimed a bit too loudly when I saw the poster.
My outburst managed to stop George Hatzismalis, head of the Kalymnos Municipal Tourist Office, in his tracks on a Saturday morning in June as he was setting up a poster announcing a special event honoring her.
'You know of Charmian Clift?' he asked in a somewhat skeptical tone, nodding to the poster he was putting up.
Here, being the island of Kalymnos, the Dodecanese Island off the coast of Turkey, known for its sponge diving history.
'Are you Greek or part Greek? he asked, still not quite believing I knew what I was talking about. 'No, not Greek, but we live here.' I answered, explaining we were American expats living in the Greek Peloponnese.
'But, yet, you know of Charmian Clift?' he responded, adding that many Greeks didn't even know of the Australian author who had lived on the island back in the mid-1950's. So, he seemed surprised that an American might have heard of her. Not only had I heard of her, but I had also sought out her books last year on learning they had been re-issued.
Her book, 'Mermaid Singing' is about the year she spent on Kalymnos with her author husband, George Johnston, and their two children.
I really had him when I said I was reading her book for the second time and had brought it with me on the trip.
This was our second visit to the island this spring; our first had been to research for a piece I was writing for The Mediterranean Lifestyle magazine. It is in the August/September edition published a week ago. Her book sparked my interest in learning more about the sponge diving history of the island and of subsequently writing about it.
It didn't take long for a combination of the island's ambiance and the warmth of welcome from its residents to make us vow to return after that first visit. So, when we found ourselves back in the Dodecanese islands a couple months later, we included another brief stop on Kalymnos. It was during that second visit we saw the posters for the upcoming event.
During both visits, we had based ourselves in the charming SpongkalyA apartments. And as it turns out...
...we were just around the corner from the place where Charmian and her family had lived on the harbor front in the 1950's.
There's a gift shop on the street level of the rather faded building in which Charmian and her family lived during their year on the island. The harbor has been filled