title: World news.
abstract: United States Mothers delivered by certified nurse midwives (CNMs) rather than doctors suffer less physical trauma, have shorter stays in hospital, and are less likely to be delivered prematurely, an American Nurses' Association (ANA) survey reveals. CNMs were also found to use more natural and less invasive labour and delivery procedures than doctors, and less foetal monitoring, epi-siotimies, forceps deliveries and amniotomies. They also administered less intravenous fluid.