Having a preemie can be very dangerous. Preterm birth and preterm delivery are the most common causes of neonatal death, or your child dying when he/she is a baby. Preemies can have long-term health ...

FIU's Jessica Ramella-Roman recently received a patent for using optical technologies to identify preterm labor. Preterm labor, which occurs when a woman goes into labor before 37 weeks, occurs in ...

The researchers identified four candidate drugs that target the problematic molecular pathway and tested them on small pieces of uterine muscle donated by women who had a cesarean section. These ...

Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant deaths in the United States. For every 1,000 babies born in 2023, about six died, according to provisional data released Thursday by the US Centers for ...

Preterm labor, a common pregnancy complication, has long been a mystery to scientists. But a new study from UC San Francisco shows it may sometimes happen when the fetal immune system “wakes up” too ...

A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know this number is only a rough estimate. Babies are born on a seemingly unpredictable timeline, with a normal pregnancy ranging from 38 to ...