In 2002, one out every eight babies was born prematurely. Doctors say many complications can occur when a baby arrives too early. Hormone injections may help women carry their babies to full term.

A re-analysis of a series of studies of vaginally-administered progesterone versus intramuscular progesterone injections demonstrates that, when evaluating optimal dosing, clinical results are ...

WHITE PLAINS, NY, Feb. 4, 2011 – The first-ever drug known to prevent some preterm births, which won market approval today from the Food and Drug Administration, was welcomed by the March of Dimes.

CHAPEL HILL -- Weekly progesterone injections do not prevent premature births in women pregnant with twins, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study has found. The result came as a surprise ...

Preterm births—births before 37 weeks of pregnancy—are medically labelled ‘idiopathic,’ when they arise from unexplained, spontaneous labor. Preterm births are linked to an array of illnesses and ...