Women with a short cervix around 20 weeks of pregnancy have an increased risk of preterm birth. Preventing preterm birth in pregnant women with a short cervix is a crucial step in protecting the ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A study linking a shortened cervix early in pregnancy with premature birth could help pinpoint which women are most at risk and potentially help doctors intervene earlier, researchers ...

A device known as a pessary, thought promising for reducing preterm birth risk due to a short cervix, appears no more effective than usual medical care, according to a new study. A pessary is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preterm delivery or neonatal death occurred in 45.5% of the pessary group vs. 45.6% of the usual care group.

Despite being commonly prescribed, activity restriction does not appear to lower the risk for preterm birth in pregnant women with a short cervix, and may even have the opposite effect, according to a ...

birth could help pinpoint which women are most at risk and potentially help doctors intervene earlier, researchers say. The study of 183 women who'd had previous premature births found that a ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Doctors who use age, weight and other factors to predict if a pregnant woman will need a Caesarean section to deliver her baby have a new gauge: the length of the cervix, ...