June 19, 2009 — Progesterone treatment may not prevent early preterm birth in twin pregnancy, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study and meta-analysis ...

Approximately 10 percent, or 400,000 babies, are born preterm in the U.S., missing out on the growth and development that occurs in the final weeks of pregnancy. While the national preterm birth rate ...

Few women of childbearing age consume adequate amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. Caroline Purser/The Image Bank via Getty Images Most prenatal supplements lack the amount of omega-3 fatty acids that ...

Why are babies born prematurely? Researchers still don’t really know. Obstetricians are very good at managing the process of birth. But when it comes to predicting whether a baby will be born in a ...

The biomarker test looks for two specific proteins in the blood and uses their ratio to determine preterm birth risk. When ...

Children born before 37 weeks of gestation have a considerably increased risk of dying before they reach the age of five. Predicting the risk of preterm birth (PTB) and hence implementing preventive ...

The share of babies being born prematurely in the U.S. is on the rise. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the preterm birth rate went up 12 percent ...

Jeffrey M. Denney, University of Utah, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Jennifer F. Culhane and Robert L. Goldenberg, Drexel ...

New data has shown that an initiative to reduce preterm births in Australia has led to a significant decrease in rates of potentially harmful early birth and improved pregnancy outcomes for women ...

The rate of preterm births in the United States has been rising, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, potentially ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mary Scourboutakos, Eastern Virginia Medical School (THE CONVERSATION) Most prenatal ...