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Preterm labor: What it means, what to watch for, and when to call

Not all early contractions mean labor. Learn what preterm labor looks like, and when to call your provider to keep you and ...
UUHC Health Feed

Preterm Labor: What Are the Causes & Symptoms?

maternal or fetal stress infection or inflammation vaginal bleeding that comes from inside your uterus and overdistention of the uterus (Overdistention usually happens to women who’ve had twins or ...
News Medical

AI predicts preterm birth risk with 82% accuracy

Could AI predict preterm births before symptoms arise? A new study finds that machine learning models, especially SVMs, can assess risk with impressive accuracy—offering hope for earlier interventions ...
The Conversation

Pregnancy is an engineering challenge − diagnosing and treating preterm birth requires understanding its mechanics

Melissa Skala receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Kristin Myers receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science ...
unr.edu

Reproduction made us all. So why do so many mysteries still persist?

In honor of Women’s Health Month, reproductive health researcher and Assistant Professor Scott Barnett from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology shares the sobering reality of the rising ...
University of California

What’s behind preterm birth? Scientists just found a big clue

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 ...