Researchers find that declining placental NAD+ levels may promote labor onset, opening new avenues for predicting preterm ...

Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her ...

New research has found signs that may help researchers better understand why some babies are born early. Some signs are ...

Magnesium sulfate has been shown to reduce the risk of cerebral palsy in some preterm babies by about 29%. Yet despite strong ...

A new study shows that almost 2 million preterm births worldwide might be attributed partially to microplastics. As we age, plastic pollution contributes to cancers, heart diseases, infertility and ...

Groundbreaking research from the University of Cape Town reveals that pregnant women exposed to indoor air pollution and ...

In one of the largest studies of chemical exposures during pregnancy to date, new research led by the UNC Gillings School of ...

Preterm birth is a common cause of dystonia. Though dystonia is often associated with striatal dysfunction after neonatal brain injury, cortical dysfunction may best predict dystonia following preterm ...

Study shows higher mortality rates among individuals born preterm, with risks varying by gestational age and highest in early childhood. Study: Short-Term and Long-Term Mortality Risk After Preterm ...

Declining placental concentrations of a molecule that plays a key role in metabolism appear to trigger the end of pregnancy ...