The contraction inhibitor atosiban (Tractocile) was no better than placebo for neonatal outcomes in the context of threatened preterm birth, the investigators in the multicenter, randomized, ...

AURORA, Colo. -- Atosiban, an oxytocin receptor antagonist available in Europe, was not superior to placebo in improving neonatal outcomes for threatened preterm birth between 30 and 34 weeks' ...

Tocolytics are short-term treatments used to allow time for interventions that can improve the outcomes of preterm labor and delivery for both mother and child. Since no single tocolytic drug is ...

SAN DIEGO — Rates of adverse perinatal outcomes are similar for women treated with either the calcium-channel blocker nifedipine or the oxytocin receptor antagonist atosiban to postpone preterm labor, ...

Zarko Alfirevic, Tocolytics: do they actually work?: Never mind "which one works?" We still don't know if delaying delivery is safe, BMJ: British Medical Journal, Vol. 345, No. 7879 (20 October 2012), ...

Women around the world should be able to access the best medical treatments that help to delay preterm births and improve neonatal outcomes, new research suggests. A new paper published in Cochrane ...

Women around the world should be able to access the best medical treatments that help to delay preterm births and improve neonatal outcomes, new research suggests. A new paper published in Cochrane ...

Most pregnancies last about 40 weeks, but about one in eight births in the U.S. occur before the 37th week, when the fetus is not fully developed. Those preterm babies are more likely to have serious ...

In honor of Women’s Health Month, reproductive health researcher and Assistant Professor Scott Barnett from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology shares the sobering reality of the rising ...

Your doctor may be helping you take precautions to avoid a preterm birth. The longer your baby can develop in the womb, the less likely they’ll have problems associated with preterm birth. Preterm ...

To review the published literature on whether the use of empiric perioperative tocolytic medications could provide additional benefit when used in combination with cerclage. Only five publications on ...