New data has shown that an initiative to reduce preterm births in Australia has led to a significant decrease in rates of potentially harmful early birth and improved pregnancy outcomes for women ...

Women's Health. 2008;4(6):625-638. Identification of other infections that may have a causal role in spontaneous preterm birth is the focus of much current research. For example, nearly every sexually ...

Children born before 37 weeks of gestation have a considerably increased risk of dying before they reach the age of five. Predicting the risk of preterm birth (PTB) and hence implementing preventive ...

Few women of childbearing age consume adequate amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. Caroline Purser/The Image Bank via Getty Images Most prenatal supplements lack the amount of omega-3 fatty acids that ...

WASHINGTON -- The high rate of premature births in the United States constitutes a public health concern that costs society at least $26 billion a year, according to a new report from the Institute of ...

June 19, 2009 — Progesterone treatment may not prevent early preterm birth in twin pregnancy, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study and meta-analysis ...

Study finds 22% reduction in NICU admissions with early detection method.

Why are babies born prematurely? Researchers still don’t really know. Obstetricians are very good at managing the process of birth. But when it comes to predicting whether a baby will be born in a ...

Approximately 10 percent, or 400,000 babies, are born preterm in the U.S., missing out on the growth and development that occurs in the final weeks of pregnancy. While the national preterm birth rate ...

The share of babies being born prematurely in the U.S. is on the rise. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the preterm birth rate went up 12 percent ...

Each year, more than one in 10 babies worldwide are born prematurely, a new report finds. The report ranks the United States No. 131 in the world in terms of its preterm birth rate, ranking behind ...

The rate of preterm births in the United States is going up, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The country’s preterm birth rate increased by 12 percent ...