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#Preterm #birth attributable to exposure to #chemicals used in #plastic materials: a global estimate - eClinicalMedicine

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(26)00089-1/fulltext

#Preterm birth attributable to exposure to chemicals used in #plastic materials: a global estimate - eClinicalMedicine

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(26)00089-1/fulltext

👩🏼‍🔬ℹ️ New methodology developed at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), combined with techniques that analyze multiple types of molecular information, is allowing researchers to more safely gain insight into the immune systems of extremely #preterm babies. Learn more 👇🏼

#Placental #Gene Expression Hints at #Preterm #Birth

https://www.the-scientist.com/placental-gene-expression-hints-at-preterm-birth-71643

NEW research finds maternal COVID-19 infection during pregnancy causally, and substantially, increased the risk of preterm birth—an infant outcome with lifelong consequences for health and socioeconomic well-being.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2311573120

@ftorche.bsky.social @jnobles.bsky.social @PNASNews @demography @sociology @publichealth @medmastodon #MedMastodon #Health #PublicHealth #COVID #COVID19 #Preterm #MaternalHealth

Despite lower infant mortality, disparities in birth outcomes persist. In CA, rates of #preterm delivery & low birthweight for infants of Black parents w/ the highest incomes are 1.5x greater than for those of white parents w/ the lowest incomes.
https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/54/infant-mortality/summary#jump=policy-implications

Hospital-acquired infections (#HAIs) pose a significant risk to #preterm newborns in the #NICU and routine #HAI surveillance is a critical component of infection prevention and control (#IPC).

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The 2017 Trump Administration travel ban on 7 Muslim-majority countries is linked to a rise in premature births among women from those countries residing in the U.S.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33261902

#NICHDImpact #Premature #Births #Policy #Preterm #InfantHealth #Immigrants

A father's involuntary job loss during his spouse's pregnancy increases the risk of a low-weight or preterm baby, particularly among males in utero.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34508593

#NICHDImpact #Employment #Fertility #Birth #LWB #SES #JobLoss #InfantHealth #Preterm #Unemployment

Black women experience high rates of preterm birth regardless of the proportion of white or Latinx residents in their neighborhood.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31898203

#NICHDImpact #Birth #Preterm #HealthDisparities

Eskom compliance with South Africa's Minimum Emissions Standards (MES) would also avoid 140,000 #asthma emergency room visits, 5,900 new cases of asthma in children, 57,000 #preterm births, 35.0 million days of work absence, and 50,000 years lived with #disability.

#Preterm #babies are extremely vulnerable because they miss out on a crucial final #developmental stage in which the #hormone #cortisol is produced and released exponentially into the unborn baby’s blood.
#Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/med02022301.html

My latest for #UTSouthwestern:

Vaginal #progesterone, a hormone treatment considered the standard of care for preventing #preterm birth in at-risk pregnant women, may not be effective, according to #UTSW research published in #JAMANetworkOpen. The findings come just as the #FDA is likely to pull #Makena progsterone injections from the market, leaving few options for women and underscoring the need for more research in the area.

https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2022/october-preterm-births-with-vaginal-progesterone.html

#ObGYn #pregnancy #ScienceMastadon
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