ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 7, 1991                   TAG: 9103070073
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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CAESAREANS RAISE ODDS FOR SPINA BIFIDA BABIES

Babies with spina bifida are much less likely to be paralyzed if they are delivered by Caesarean, a new study has found.

It found children delivered vaginally were more than twice as likely to be severely paralyzed as those delivered by Caesarean. - The New York Times



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