In the civil trial of Baby Olivia Coats Tuesday, delivery doctor George Backardjiev took the stand and defended his use of forceps. Both he and the Medical Center of Southeast Texas are being sued by ...

A McMaster University-led analysis published in the BMJ on Oct. 19, exposes high rates of injuries with forceps and vacuum delivery in Canada that have been documented for over a decade without ...

Texas parents to sue doctor and start Facebook campaign to end use of forceps. Rachel Melancon and her fiance Allen Coats allege their daughter Olivia Marie died after a forceps delivery that crushed ...

A McMaster University-led analysis published in the BMJ on Oct. 19, exposes high rates of injuries with forceps and vacuum delivery in Canada that have been documented for over a decade without ...

Amy Dawes suffered permanent injuries after a forceps birth. Now she's raising awareness. Amy has written at length about the traumatic delivery on her blog, the Mummy Manifesto. “I knew nothing about ...

NHS Lanarkshire has been forced to apologise after a mum suffered a fourth-degree perineal tear during childbirth. The ...

With data on side-opening cutting forceps showing above a 90% diagnostic rate for tissue biopsy in adult patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) who undergo biopsy of the esophageal lamina propia ...

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman found that the care and treatment were reasonable, but the health board’s ...