A University of Rhode Island-led cohort study links preterm index of cumulative medical risk from birth to year 12 to adult disorders at age 35. Premature birth affects about one in 10 U.S. infants ...

URI College of Nursing Associate Professor Amy D'Agata's study shows that the effects of preterm birth can linger throughout an individual's lifetime, necessitating the inclusion of birth history in ...

Preterm birth has lasting effects into adulthood, with very premature individuals struggling to form romantic relationships and having fewer children, according to the Bavarian Longitudinal Study.

Pregnant women with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were more likely to have preterm birth than those without the condition. Exposure to combination antirheumatic therapy during pregnancy and high disease ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that US preterm birth rates rose ...

Preterm birth rates rose from 2011 to 2021 in households with income below the federal poverty level. Black mothers across all income brackets had higher preterm birth rates compared with white ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Florida’s rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in 9 babies born preterm. In an average ...

A new analysis of more than 3,000 studies from around the world reveals that globally, flooding increases preterm births by about 3%. Children who were in utero during a flood event are also more ...

A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know this number is only a rough estimate. Babies are born on a seemingly unpredictable timeline, with a normal pregnancy ranging from 38 to ...