Children born moderately (32-33 weeks) or late preterm (34-36 weeks) have higher long-term risks of neurodevelopmental difficulties that can affect their behavior and ability to learn, finds a study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . They called the new study “in many ways a definitive accounting of the elevated rates of ASD in preterm infants.

Urinary tract infection during pregnancy is linked to an increased risk for preterm birth, with the risk being highest in the first week of diagnosis and particularly before 28 weeks of gestation.

Individuals born before 37 weeks of gestation, considered to be preterm infants, have, on average, lower employment income, university enrollment and educational attainment through age 28, according ...

Women whose first birth was early term, as well as those whose first birth was preterm, were more likely to have an early term birth or preterm birth in their second pregnancy, according to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Maternal morbidity increased by 30.4% in preterm vs. term births. The most prevalent complications for both term ...

New research shows that Rytvela, an anti-inflammatory drug candidate, decreased premature birth and infant mortality when ...