Study links preterm births, simmering infections
Monday, August 25, 2008 - 20:42
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labor harbored bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid....
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