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Preterm births are associated with enduring trauma for mothers.
Inadequate sleep can have negative downstream effects on everyday cognitive functioning and mental health, which can then lead to even worse sleep.
Central Hillsborough Healthy Start offers a model of community care that helps to prevent premature births.
An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.
Rates of preterm births, maternal deaths and other adverse birth outcomes are abysmal across the US, but there are clear strategies that could help the nation reverse course.
Understanding the prevalence and factors associated with preterm births is critical for effective interventions.
Advances in research and medicine have given doctors helpful tools to assess a person’s individual risk and to help prepare them for pregnancy.
Mental health needs for pregnant women and mothers with newborn babies are being recognised at last in South Africa.
Consuming adequate amounts of omega-3 fatty acids from food sources can help offset the need for obtaining the nutrients from vitamins.
This link might be explained by a woman’s immune response when carrying a baby that’s not genetically hers.
How and why preterm birth happens is still unclear, in part because research on pregnancy tends to focus on developmental biology.
Many prenatal supplements don’t have enough folate, choline and omega-3 fatty acids.
Preterm babies born after 28 weeks can often survive with relatively simple medical care. Here is how.
Planned early delivery is a key component of reducing child and maternal mortality.
Children born through international surrogacy aren’t protected by Australian laws.
A March of Dimes report gave the US a grade of D+ for maternal and infant health care, highlighting that the national preterm birth rate hit 10.5% in 2021, a record 15-year high.
A new study from Sweden looked at around 1.5 million births.
Some of the most persistent myths about COVID-19 vaccination have been false rumours that it can affect fertility in men or women. There has never been any evidence to support this misinformation.
Malawi was one of the early adopters of kangaroo mother care, with a pilot intervention in 1999.
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
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Research Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Texas A&M University
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Prematurity Clinical research fellow, Imperial College London
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PhD Candidate, Monash University
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Translation Research Officer, Healthy Mothers, Babies And Children, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Professor and Theme Leader, Healthy Mothers, Babies and Children , South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Hydrology, University of Arizona
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Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University
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Professor of Health Services Criminology, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
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Ph.D. student in Developmental Psychology, University of Denver
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