Researchers find that declining placental NAD+ levels may promote labor onset, opening new avenues for predicting preterm ...

Preterm labor doesn't always mean early delivery. About 30% of women who go into labor early still give birth at full term. Knowing the signs matters. Watch for symptoms like regular contractions, ...

Labor begins with a decrease in an important coenzyme. Credit: Shutterstock As part of her work as an obstetric anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Erin J. Ciampa sees pregnant ...

A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know this number is only a rough estimate. Babies are born on a seemingly unpredictable timeline, with a normal pregnancy ranging from 38 to ...

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The contraction inhibitor atosiban (Tractocile) was no better than placebo for neonatal outcomes in the context of threatened preterm birth, the investigators in the multicenter, randomized, ...

Declining placental concentrations of a molecule that plays a key role in metabolism appear to trigger the end of pregnancy ...