Prevent Premature Birth

Scientists have developed anartificial womb that has been successfully used to incubatehealthy baby lambs for a week, an advance that may one day beable to save the lives of extremely premature human babies.

New York: The presence of bacteria in a woman’s vagina and cervix may either increase the risk of premature birth or have a protective effect against it, researchers say. Premature birth — baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy — is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five around the world. Contrary to conventional studies...

The presence of bacteria in a woman's vagina and cervix may either increase the risk of premature birth or have a protective effect against it, researchers say.

In a study that could lead to a new therapeutic approach to preventing premature birth, researchers have discovered the critical function of a type of mother's immune cells -- B lymphocytes -- in resisting pre-term birth triggered by inflammation.

Pregnant women who receive the cervical stitch to prevent miscarriage or premature birth with a thicker thread, can in fact have an increase in the rate of premature birth and baby death as compared with a thinner thread, says a study.

Air pollution in the U.S. may be causing thousands of premature births each year, a new study suggests - costing the nation billions of dollars along the way. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, lends support to a growing body of research pointing to the grim health consequences of air pollution all over t...

Premature birth, a leading cause of death of newborns worldwide, could be prevented by blocking a molecule in the uterus, suggests a new research.

Researchers have found that changing the balance of two hormones could help in controlling the onset of labour in women, a major finding which they claim might prevent premature births.

A recent study has identified biomarkers in amniotic fluid that could help lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of womb infections often to blame for premature births.

Scientists have developed anartificial womb that has been successfully used to incubatehealthy baby lambs for a week, an advance that may one day beable to save the lives of extremely premature human babies.

New York: The presence of bacteria in a woman’s vagina and cervix may either increase the risk of premature birth or have a protective effect against it, researchers say. Premature birth — baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy — is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five around the world. Contrary to conventional studies...

The presence of bacteria in a woman's vagina and cervix may either increase the risk of premature birth or have a protective effect against it, researchers say.

In a study that could lead to a new therapeutic approach to preventing premature birth, researchers have discovered the critical function of a type of mother's immune cells -- B lymphocytes -- in resisting pre-term birth triggered by inflammation.

Pregnant women who receive the cervical stitch to prevent miscarriage or premature birth with a thicker thread, can in fact have an increase in the rate of premature birth and baby death as compared with a thinner thread, says a study.

Air pollution in the U.S. may be causing thousands of premature births each year, a new study suggests - costing the nation billions of dollars along the way. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, lends support to a growing body of research pointing to the grim health consequences of air pollution all over t...

Premature birth, a leading cause of death of newborns worldwide, could be prevented by blocking a molecule in the uterus, suggests a new research.

Researchers have found that changing the balance of two hormones could help in controlling the onset of labour in women, a major finding which they claim might prevent premature births.

A recent study has identified biomarkers in amniotic fluid that could help lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of womb infections often to blame for premature births.