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Patients who request a cesarean section have the option of getting a gentle C-section, a new practice used at Children's & Women's Hospital to provide a more comfortable environment.

USA Health gained state approval to build a free-standing ambulatory surgery center on the Mapp Family Campus in Baldwin County. The center will be located at the southeast corner of Alabama 181 and Alabama 104, just outside of Fairhope.

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Melanie Amberger has worked as a nurse practitioner for more than two decades, with the past few years in employee health.

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Vicki Curtis, MSN, RN, RNC-OB, brings more than two decades of experience in women's health.

Pathology residents participated in the second annual Allan Tucker Pathology Resident Research Forum, which commemorates the late J. Allan Tucker Jr., M.D., who served as professor and chair of the pathology department from 2003 to 2015.

The space will provide enough room for parents and caregivers to be with their children to enhance the experience for young patients and their loved ones.

The newly renovated café will include seating for up to 130, an expanded menu and electronic kiosks for ordering.

Meetings at USA Health are limited to 20 people without food and 10 people with food in addition to social distancing.