Preterm birth has lasting effects into adulthood, with very premature individuals struggling to form romantic relationships and having fewer children, according to the Bavarian Longitudinal Study.

Activity restriction does not appear to lower the risk for preterm birth in pregnant women with a short cervix; it may even have the opposite effect.

A research team at the Medical University of South Carolina reports in Cells that the complement system, part of the body's natural immune defenses, is a key driver of inflammatory responses that ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

In January, thousands of parents across Indiana opened their child’s report card, anxious to monitor their first semester progress. This winter, the State of Indiana got a report card, too – from ...

A University of Rhode Island-led cohort study links preterm index of cumulative medical risk from birth to year 12 to adult disorders at age 35. Premature birth affects about one in 10 U.S. infants ...

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 ...

Delivery Date AI predicts when a baby will be born, with an 11-day margin of error in either direction, based on second- and ...

Every year, a staggering number of infants are born before their time, confronting a host of health hurdles. Factors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida’s rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in 9 babies born preterm. In an average week, 456 of the 4,257 babies born in the ...