“Preterm birth is a huge problem around the world ... and it completely reshaped our understanding of the cell types and processes driving labor onset.” In the image above, uterine fibroblast cells ...

Medical termination of pregnancy in the second trimester does not significantly increase the risk for preterm birth in ...

Based on this, the team believe that plastics likely accumulate in the placenta over the course of a pregnancy—and more so in the case of an ultimately preterm birth. Stock image of a pregnant ...

Brandon Bell / Getty Images In the 14 years since Basu’s initial paper, dozens of studies have confirmed that higher temperatures and heat waves are linked to preterm birth as well as stillbirth.

Repeated perinatal antibiotic exposure in very low-birth-weight preterm infants was associated with impaired lung function ...

Pregnancy is a delicate period where every aspect of health is scrutinised to ensure the well-being of both mother and baby.

Study: Predicting preterm birth using machine learning methods. Image Credit: StockKK / Shutterstock In a recent study in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers evaluated ...

Children born before 37 weeks of gestation have a considerably increased risk of dying before they reach the age of five.