Prevalence of preterm birth and low birth weight slightly higher, but no difference seen in prevalence of birth defects.

Preterm birth―defined as delivery before the 37th week of pregnancy ... and low-dose aspirin and also assigned weekly ...

AURORA, Colo. -- Among those at low-risk for preterm birth, a blood-based biomarker screening test during the second ...

Researchers discovered a molecular timer that gets activated in the first days of pregnancy and influences when mice give ...

Maternal vitamin D status in early pregnancy is crucial for fetal growth and may reduce the risk of preterm birth, according ...

Researchers found 12 different types of plastic in placentae—with significantly higher levels in those from preterm births.

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If the same set of molecules is found to be important in human pregnancies, it could lead to new tests to identify women who are at risk of preterm labor, as well as interventions to delay it.

The new findings raise the possibility that preterm birth is triggered by things that happen much earlier in pregnancy than we expected.” Adrian Erlebacher, MD, PhD Now, UC San Francisco researchers ...