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High rates of preterm birth and infant deaths get the US another D+ grade: ‘It’s a travesty’

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 ...
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Reproduction made us all. So why do so many mysteries still persist?

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 ...

Uterine ion channels offer potential new target to delay preterm birth

Scientists have found that targeting a particular group of proteins in the uterus muscle (myometrium) can suppress human ...
Medical Xpress

Steep drop in metabolic coenzyme could trigger preterm labor

Declining placental concentrations of a molecule that plays a key role in metabolism appear to trigger the end of pregnancy and hasten labor and delivery, suggesting a study co-led by researchers at ...
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Low NAD+ levels may indicate preterm labor, study finds

More women than ever are having children in their 40s. For many, waiting means greater financial stability and feeling more ready for parenthood. Advances in fertility treatments have also expanded ...
Time

Women Can Now Order a Blood Test to Predict Preterm Birth

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Pregnant women are at risk of illness and preterm labor. So this OB-GYN suggests a 'heat plan'

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