NAD+ is making waves in the healthy aging space-but it might make the biggest impact during pregnancy.

A decline in the levels of the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in the placenta may help trigger labor by allowing prostaglandins to accumulate, raising the possibility of new ...

For decades, women presenting with threatened preterm labor have often received aggressive treatments-tocolytics and ...

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“This is a really interesting paper because it takes a completely different and new view of the pathogenesis of preterm labor,” says immunologist and developmental biologist Adrian Erlebacher of the ...

Preterm babies could be at higher risk of certain diseases as adults Past research has demonstrated that phathalates — known as “everywhere chemicals” because they are so common — are hormone ...

Researchers have identified a cause of preterm labor, an enigma that has long challenged researchers. New research suggests a protein, called Piezo1, is responsible for regulating the behavior of the ...

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 ...

The most effective intervention to prevent preterm birth is the administration of a natural hormone, progesterone, in patients at risk for premature delivery. Two categories of patients have been ...

Exposure to a widely used herbicide during the middle months of pregnancy may increase the chance of giving birth too early, ...

Declining placental concentrations of a molecule that plays a key role in metabolism appear to trigger the end of pregnancy and hasten labor and delivery, suggesting a study co-led by researchers at ...