Balancing hormones may help prevent preterm births

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 08:49 in Health & Medicine

The relationship between two different types of oestrogen and a hormone produced in the placenta may serve as the mechanism for signalling labour, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM). This finding may help doctors intervene and prevent preterm birth much more effectively...

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