Advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are again recommending a drug that aims to prevent preterm births be taken off the market over doubts regarding its effectiveness. This week, the ...

Preterm birth is the single biggest cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity in the UK. Every year around 60,000 babies are born prematurely in the UK. The identification of Piezo1 in the uterus, and ...

A new systematic review has found that pregnant women who are at high risk for preterm birth and have periodontal disease may be able to lower their risk by getting scaling and root planing (SRP) ...

- Phase 2b/3 adaptive dose-ranging study planned to initiate in Q4:21- “These positive data play a critical role in our development plans for ebopiprant, and we are excited to build on this momentum,” ...

February 17, 2011 (UPDATED February 27, 2011)— Clinicians should not use injectable terbutaline to prevent preterm labor or treat it beyond 48 to 72 hours because of the risk for maternal heart ...

Tocolytics are short-term treatments used to allow time for interventions that can improve the outcomes of preterm labor and delivery for both mother and child. Since no single tocolytic drug is ...

A UC San Francisco-led study has for the first time identified genetic variants that predict whether a patient is likely to respond to treatment for preterm birth, a condition that affects 1 in 10 ...

Researchers have identified a cause of preterm labor, an enigma that has long challenged researchers. New research suggests a protein, called Piezo1, is responsible for regulating the behavior of the ...

In honor of Women’s Health Month, reproductive health researcher and Assistant Professor Scott Barnett from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology shares the sobering reality of the rising ...

Preterm delivery is one of the primary causes of newborn death, and it is linked to early multiorgan system disorders as well as several long-term neurodevelopmental, familial, and ...