Pregnant women with low vitamin D levels during the first trimester were four times more likely to give birth prematurely ...

Even just one dose of antenatal steroids administered mere hours before birth can improve outcomes for extremely preterm ...

The prevalence of preterm birth is slightly higher among liveborn offspring of male adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYAs; aged 15 to 39 years).

New research in mice has found that cytomegalovirus infection can worsen necrotizing enterocolitis, an often-fatal ...

Whole-body hypothermia within hours of birth failed to improve outcomes in preterm infants less than 36 weeks' gestational ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Could AI predict preterm births before symptoms arise? A new study finds that machine learning ...

Opioid use during pregnancy—whether of highly addictive drugs like fentanyl or controlled opioids like buprenorphine—doubles ...

A research team from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto has identified a way to determine which mothers are more ...

Midpregnancy PlGF screening may predict early preterm birth risk, enabling timely intervention and improved perinatal ...

The prospective observational study was able to show that other factors, including weight, race or previous pregnancy ...