The authors also found that the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) increased for mothers in a dose-response relationship with how many and how severe the preterm births were. “Our research shows for the first time that smoking and preterm birth interact to create a greater CVD risk than either risk factor on its own,” says […]
In a study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that exposure to extreme cold or intense heat during pregnancy increased women’s preterm birth risk by up to a fifth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2014, around 1 in 10 […]