After decades of rising preterm birth rates in the USA and other countries, recent prematurity
rates seem to be on the decline. Despite this optimistic trend, preterm birth rates remain …

Racism, segregation, and inequality contribute to health outcomes and drive health
disparities across the life course, including for newborn infants and their families. In this …

Preterm birth remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among nonanomalous
neonates, and is a major public health problem. Non-Hispanic black women have a 2-fold …

Survivors of preterm birth struggle with multitudes of disabilities due to improper in utero
programming of various tissues and organ systems contributing to adult-onset diseases at a …

BACKGROUND Human pregnancy requires robust hemostasis to prevent hemorrhage
during extravillous trophoblast (EVT) invasion of the decidualized endometrium, modification …

Despite considerable effort aimed at decreasing the incidence of spontaneous preterm birth,
it remains the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Screening strategies are …

Spontaneous preterm birth (PTB) and preterm pre-labor rupture of the membranes (pPROM)
are major pregnancy complications. Although PTB and pPROM have common etiologies …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationships between psychological and physiologic
measures of stress, mood, and gestational age at delivery and preterm birth. METHODS …

Preterm birth (PTB), remains a major cause of significant morbidity and mortality world-wide
with about 12-15million preterm births occurring every year. Although the overall trend is …

Background Preterm birth has staggering health implications, and yet the causes of most
cases are still unknown. Placental features have been understudied as an etiology for …