A common pressure point for expectant mothers is the fear of preterm birth (delivery before 37 weeks) and the pervasive ...

The contraction inhibitor atosiban (Tractocile) was no better than placebo for neonatal outcomes in the context of threatened preterm birth, the investigators in the multicenter, randomized, ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Key Takeaways Tocolytics are short-term treatments used to allow time for interventions that can improve the outcomes of preterm labor and delivery for both ...

Researchers have identified a cause of preterm labor, an enigma that has long challenged researchers. New research suggests a protein, called Piezo1, is responsible for regulating the behavior of the ...

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In honor of Women’s Health Month, reproductive health researcher and Assistant Professor Scott Barnett from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology shares the sobering reality of the rising ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have been studying the vaginal microbiome community throughout pregnancy and after delivery for nearly a decade. Their work ...

Nine years ago, she was living in Texas and pregnant with twin boys when she was admitted and placed on strict bed rest to ...

Mississippi earned an ‘F’ grade for its rate of preterm births in 2024, according to the 2025 report card from the March of ...

The report shows 43,344 babies were born preterm, or before 37 weeks of gestation, last year in Texas. Nationally, the U.S.

-PROLONG data demonstrating ebopiprant was well tolerated and showed early evidence of efficacy selected for presentation- - Phase 2b/3 adaptive dose-ranging study planned to initiate in Q4:21- GENEVA ...

UNR Med scientists have identified a cause of preterm labor, an enigma that has long challenged researchers. New research by Iain Buxton, Pharm.D., Scott Barnett, Ph.D., and Hazik Asif, Ph.D., MPH, ...