Researchers discovered a molecular timer that gets activated in the first days of pregnancy and influences when mice give ...

HealthDay News — Many very preterm infants experience pain, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in Pain. Hillary Graham, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues explored ...

Preterm labour means labour that happens before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Babies born this early can have lifelong health ...

(WISH) — One in 10 babies born this year will be born before or at 37 weeks of pregnancy. Premature babies can develop problems with their lungs, hearts and brains. But, a woman born premature ...

According to the Cleveland Clinic, Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious gastrointestinal problem that mostly affects premature ... as babies who are born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy ...

A large proportion of babies born very early need intensive care, which can be painful. But the health care system fails to ...

A new study has found that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in the placenta at much higher levels in preterm births ...

Researchers discovered microplastics and nanoplastics in the placentae of premature babies, raising concerns about potential health risks and environmental exposure.

The researchers analysed 100 placentas from full-term births (37.2 weeks, on average) and 75 from preterm births (34 weeks) for the study.