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

Compared with usual care, a mid-trimester blood test designed to predict preterm birth for average-risk women markedly ...

A new study by US researchers has uncovered that babies born prematurely have higher levels of microplastics in their ...

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

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

New research reveals a startling link between microplastic pollution and premature births, highlighting the need for urgent ...

A new study has found a link between microplastic pollution and premature births. Researchers discovered significantly higher ...

The new study finds higher concentrations of microplastics and nanoplastics in the placentas of preterm infants compared to ...

While rising heat driven by climate change has been linked with premature births, researchers from Curtin University, ...

The researchers analysed 100 placentas from full-term births (37.2 weeks, on average) and 75 from preterm births (34 weeks) from the Houston area for the study. 203 micrograms of plastic per gram of ...