Preterm Birth
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Delayed umbilical cord clamping improves outcomes in very preterm infants
Delayed clamping reduced risk of death or disability by 17% at 2 years of age.
Opinion
Booster recommendations for pregnant women, teens, and other groups explained
CDC makes specific statements about individuals who are pregnant.
Latest News
Preterm delivery raises lifetime hypertension risk
Hypertension risk was significantly higher 10 years after preterm delivery and remained elevated up to 43 years.
Feature
Racism a strong factor in Black women’s high rate of premature births, study finds
“There isn’t enough known about preterm birth, but from what is known, inflammation is involved, immune dysfunction, and that’s what stress leads...
Latest News
COVID-19 disease may actually cause preeclampsia, suggests study
Although it’s too soon to establish causality definitively, the dose-response relationship between preeclampsia risk and severity of COVID-19...
From the Journals
Nearly half of female surgeons surveyed lost a pregnancy
Of 692 surgeons surveyed, 347 female surgeons had experienced a pregnancy loss.
Latest News
Does early delivery for FGR affect school outcomes?
Among children born severely small, iatrogenic delivery may be associated with increased odds of poorer educational outcomes, a study in JAMA...
Product Review
Placental allograft, cytology processor, cell-free RNA testing, and male infertility
Human placental allograft
Revita, an allograft composed of human placental membrane, developed by Stimlabs, is available to...
Article
US methods of delivery, a snapshot
Conference Coverage
Neighborhood police complaints tied to Black preterm birth rates
Black women were nearly 30% more likely to deliver preterm if an excessive force complaint had been reported nearby.
Conference Coverage
Low-dose aspirin did not reduce preterm birth rates but don’t rule it out yet
While this recent study was underpowered to show a statistically significant effect, researchers believe it’s too soon to rule out a beneficial...