Preterm Birth News

• Preconception health care reduces maternal, neonatal risk in diabetes

  Healio | August 2016

• Domestic violence ‘doubles risk of premature birth’

  The Guardian | March 2016

• Pregnancy-care paradox: Paying ever more for the same bad results

  The Atlantic | November 2015

• India: Open defecation linked to adverse pregnancies

  BBC | July 2015

• Uganda: Preterm birth now among leading causes infant deaths

  AllAfrica | June 2015

• How a new study on premature babies could influence the abortion debate

  Time | May 2015

• Premature-birth researchers appeal for photographs of newborn babies

  The Guardian | May 2015

• Promoting maternal interaction improves growth, weight gain in preemies

  National Institutes of Health | March 2015

• Is it OK to pay pregnant women to stop smoking?

  NPR | January 2015

• Saving lives with better gestational age estimation

  Impatient Optimists | November 2014

• For babies, preterm birth is now the no. 1 cause of death

  NPR | November 2014

• Premature birth ‘biggest killer’

  BBC | November 2014

• UCSF team develops early-warning system for preterm labor

  San Francisco Chronicle | March 2014

• Inexpensive aquarium bubbler saves preemies' lives

  NPR | February 2014

• Bacteria linked to premature birth

  BBC | January 2014

• A path to solving preterm birth

  Impatient Optimists | December 2013

• Where in the world were you born?

  Impatient Optimists | November 2013

• 'Kangaroo care' key for premature babies

  BBC News | November 2013

• Baby steps to saving lives

  BBC News | November 2013

• Rethinking 'term pregnancy'

  New York Times | November 2013

• Louisiana ranks second in U.S. for preterm births, earning an F from March of Dimes

  The Times-Picayune (United States) | November 2013

• Drop in U.S. preterm birth rate is good news for american mothers (unless you're from the South)

  Huffington Post | November 2013

• Nation gets 'C' for preterm birth rates

  CNN | November 2013

• New (and hopefully improved) definition of term pregnancy

  Time | October 2013

• New study questions the value of bed rest in preventing premature birth

  Washington Post | May 2013

• Family healthy "check up" 2013: The health of mother and baby

  Impatient Optimists | May 2013

• Making childbirth safer and easier for women

  BBC News | April 2013

• Infant mortality rate in U.S. declines

  New York Times | April 2013

• Immunity clue to premature labour

  BBC | March 2013

• Flu shot tied to healthy pregnancy

  The New York Times | February 2013