A premature birth can occur due to poor maternal nutrition, a weak cervix, heart disease, high blood pressure, and other ...

Michigan advocates are working to make pregnancy and childbirth safer and more equitable for communities of color.

Low vitamin D levels in early pregnancy are linked to higher risk of preterm birth and reduced fetal growth. Read now.

A groundbreaking study reveals that a simple blood test measuring placental growth factor (PlGF) levels can help predict ...

Pregnant women with low vitamin D levels during the first trimester were four times more likely to give birth prematurely ...

A new blood test discovered by researchers at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine may be able to determine whether ...

A research team from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto has identified a way to determine which mothers are more ...

Opioid use during pregnancy—whether of highly addictive drugs like fentanyl or controlled opioids like buprenorphine—doubles ...

New research in mice has found that cytomegalovirus infection can worsen necrotizing enterocolitis, an often-fatal ...

The prospective observational study was able to show that other factors, including weight, race or previous pregnancy ...

Midpregnancy PlGF screening may predict early preterm birth risk, enabling timely intervention and improved perinatal ...