It may not be possible to avoid preterm labor and preterm birth, but these steps may help: Your doctor will check you for risk factors of premature delivery and discuss which precautions you ...

There are few obstetrical interventions that successfully delay or prevent spontaneous preterm birth or reduce the risk factors leading ... following spontaneous labor with intact membranes ...

A new study by Emory University researchers, published Thursday in Environmental Science & Technology, found that exposure to ...

A new study found exposure to specific tiny particles in air pollution during pregnancy are associated with increased risk of various negative birth outcomes.

If the same set of molecules is found to be important in human pregnancies, it could lead to new tests to identify women who are at risk of preterm labor, as well as interventions ... DNA becomes more ...

Because she had a history of premature labor, she was at higher risk of ... preterm births in the U.S. occur in women with known risk factors for early delivery, including a history of previous ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in pregnant women is a risk factor for preterm birth.

If the same set of molecules is found to be important in human pregnancies, it could lead to new tests to identify women who are at risk of preterm labor ... to other factors that regulate ...

researchers found that women who had an in-labor C-section and later experienced a preterm birth had a 2.7-fold higher risk of recurring sPTB than women with other preterm birth risk factors.