A study comparing cervical pessary and vaginal progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth in women with a short cervix of ≤ 35 mm found no significant difference between the interventions for ...

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 ...

Women with a short cervix treated with a cervical pessary for the prevention of early preterm birth are equally as likely as those treated with vaginal progesterone to give birth before 34 weeks of ...

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 ...

Progesterone support is essential during assisted reproduction. Our multicentre analysis indicates that, in routine UK practice, vaginal oil capsules were associated with a higher chance of live birth ...

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 ...

Sponsored by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). A Randomized Trial of Pessary and Progesterone for Preterm Prevention in Twin Gestation with a ...

Having twins accounts for only 1.5% of all births but 25% of preterm births, the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Successful strategies for reducing singleton preterm births include ...

Credit: Getty Images. Findings showed the device may increase the risk of fetal or neonatal/infant death. Among women with a short cervix, the use of a cervical pessary did not result in a reduction ...

The UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £1m from its Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme to a team of scientists who have developed a device designed to improve ...