A new study from UTHealth Houston has found that the common sexually transmitted infection Mycoplasma genitalium, also known ...

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, ...

“This is a really interesting paper because it takes a completely different and new view of the pathogenesis of preterm labor,” says immunologist and developmental biologist Adrian Erlebacher of the ...

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 ...

A team of researchers from the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and the University of Newcastle has discovered the process of labor during preterm birth is different from that of full-term ...

The most effective intervention to prevent preterm birth is the administration of a natural hormone, progesterone, in patients at risk for premature delivery. Two categories of patients have been ...

Experts say the reasons for premature births are complex, but the profound psychological and physical stress the war is ...

Parents often celebrate their children’s communication milestones as they grow up, but long before babies babble, their cells have a lot to say. During pregnancy and labor, cellular communication ...

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, ...