Podcast 54: A conversation with Aaron Caughey, whose analysis of the literature shows that elective induction of labor does not, contrary to dogma, in...

Well, the headline says it all. UCSF’s Aaron Caughey has just published a meta-analysis in Annals of Internal Medicine that shatters the dogma of elective induction’s being associated with cesarean delivery. I hope you’ll enjoy the conversation.

There won’t be a Clinical Conversation next week — I’m taking a week off — but the chit-chat returns in two weeks.

Older conversations are all archived here at podcasts.jwatch.org, and you can leave me a note at 1-617-440-4374 or at jelia@nejm.org.

This week’s links:

• Supervised Heroin Treatment Outperforms Methadone in Refractory Users
• FDA Approves Hiberix as Haemophilus Vaccine Booster Dose
• HPV Vaccine About as Safe as Other Vaccines, Researchers Report
• Chinese Herb Appears Better Than Standard Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

The Interview’s story link:

• Elective Labor Induction Associated with Lower Cesarean Delivery Rates

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