In a prospective cohort study, researchers examined how early life medical risk factors for individuals born preterm compare with those born full-term in adulthood.

The first detailed analysis of unplanned births that occurred outside the hospital setting in Austria has shown that, ...

Preterm birth raises early childhood malaria risk, even with maternal immunity, highlighting targeted vaccine and prevention ...

Preterm birth, or birth before 37 weeks' gestation, can in some cases be linked to the mother's exposure to adverse childhood ...

Women delivering at term during the first pregnancy after an episode of preterm labour treated with tocolysis face a higher ...

Myo-inositol supplementation shows no significant benefits in preventing pregnancy complications for women with PCOS, ...

The event was hosted by Amerihealth Caritas Pennsylvania as part of their Bright Start maternal health program.

In a recent issue of The Lancet, Larissa I van der Windt and colleagues reported the results from APOSTEL 8, a randomised clinical trial comparing atosiban to placebo in 752 participants with ...

Outpatient visits reflected these findings. The risk ratios of requiring physician services declined as GA increased. Overall ...

When a pregnant woman's water breaks too early, it often leads to preterm birth, with no effective method to prevent or treat ...

An abnormal spirometry phenotype has been found by age 8 in more than 25% of children born extremely preterm or extremely low birth weight.

The impact of inflammation on a child born preterm can be life-changing and now, for the first time, researchers have ...