Article: Gene Linked to Preterm Birth Among Hispanic Women.

Article: Scientists discover gene linked to preterm birth in ...
The Hindustan Times;  February 4, 2008 ;     448 words ... ... child birth and low birth weight in Hispanic women. The study Errol Norwitz, M.D ... the genetic factors responsible for preterm birth. They isolated DNA in blood samples ... population of mothers with a history of preterm birth and compared them to the DNA of women ...

Article: In Hispanic Women, Genetic Variations Linked to ...
M2 Presswire;  March 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... YALE UNIVERSITY: In Hispanic Women, Genetic Variations Linked to Spontaneous Preterm Birth(C)1994-2007 M2 ... Haven, Conn. -- In Hispanic women, four gene variants are linked to spontaneous preterm birth, according to abstracts ...

Article: Where a Woman Lives May Affect Her Risk for Preterm ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 10, 2008 ;     664 words ... ... local economy -- may impact preterm birth rates among U.S. women ... that contribute to a higher preterm birth rate among black women in ... rate among white, black and Hispanic women. Very preterm birth is a birth that occurs before ...

Article: Pregnancy just after miscarriage appears safe. (No Increase in ...
OB GYN News;  November 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the two groups were similar, except that there were no Hispanic women who became pregnant immediately Nine of 45 patients who ... respectively. No woman who became pregnant immediately had a preterm birth, but 4 of 45 women who delayed pregnancy gave birth before ...

Article: Epidemiology of preterm birth and its clinical ...
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Preterm birth (<37 weeks) complicates ... the recent temporal increase in preterm birth, efforts to understand the problem ... of the etiologic heterogeneity of preterm birth as well as the heterogeneity in ...

Article: Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth in ...
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... between neighborhood deprivation and the preterm birth rate in Plymouth, UK, using routinely ... between neighborhood deprivation and the preterm birth rate. Areas (n = 43) were classified ... Results. The incidence of singleton preterm birth was 5.3% (95% confidence interval ...

Article: Obstetrician-gynecologists' knowledge of preterm ...
Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... obstetrician-gynecologists' knowledge of preterm birth, including prevalence, risk factors ... respondents were familiar with basic preterm birth prevalence rates. However, 21% underestimated ... with presumptive preterm labor in whom preterm birth will not occur. The majority (55 ...