“How do you know whether a mother will deliver preterm or not? Well, the short answer is, we don't know,” said Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, an immunologist who studies obstetrics and gynecology at Washington ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Male infants are more likely to be born by spontaneous preterm birth than are female infants. Laboratory studies are also more likely to show evidence of placenta infection ...

Micro- and nanoplastic particles accumulate to higher concentrations in the placentae of infants born prematurely than those born at term. This is the conclusion of a team of U.S. researchers who ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preterm placentas had higher micro- and nanoplastic concentrations vs. term placentas. Concentrations differed ...

Women who conceive through in vitro fertilization and experience a serious pregnancy complication are twice as likely to deliver early (<37 weeks) compared to those with only one of those factors, ...

The chemicals, also known as phthalates, can impact the placenta amid pregnancy, the study said Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial ...

Melissa Skala receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Kristin Myers receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science ...

Physician-scientists argue that with most placentas discarded after birth, placental pathology is underutilized clinically, should be a routine part of obstetric and neonatal care, and also deserves ...

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