Researchers find that declining placental NAD+ levels may promote labor onset, opening new avenues for predicting preterm ...
Being Born Preterm Linked to Later Pregnancy Complications Coital activity does not expedite labor or reduce the need for labor induction. (HealthDay News) – Coital activity does not expedite labor or ...
Introduction: Laboring women are often admitted to labor units under criteria that are commonly associated with the onset of active-phase labor (i.e., cervical dilatation of 3–5 cm in the presence of ...
Labor begins with a decrease in an important coenzyme. Credit: Shutterstock As part of her work as an obstetric anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Erin J. Ciampa sees pregnant ...
Cervical elastography might be an objective method for evaluating cervical ripening during pregnancy, but its usefulness has not been fully investigated. We examined the significance of cervical ...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a spectrum of diseases ranging from chronic and gestational hypertension to eclampsia. Hypertensive disorders are estimated to affect 6–8% of all pregnancies ...
- An echocardiography of the baby's little heart soon after the onset of labour can predict the outcome of the birth and in particular whether the baby will adequately tolerate the contractions or ...
For the first time, researchers have found a way to predict when a pregnant woman will go into labor by analyzing immune and other biological signals in a blood sample, according to a study from the ...
A new study reveals that induction of labor at term in the absence of maternal or fetal indications increases the risk of cesarean section and other postpartum complications for the woman, as well as ...
(HealthDay)—Coital activity does not expedite labor or reduce the need for labor induction, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and ...