It’s #WorldPrematurityDay When preterm babies don’t get the care they need, we lose the chance to help them thrive. Did you know? Some of history’s great minds and talents were #BornTooSoon. It’s time to ensure every small and preterm baby gets the care they need!

It’s #WorldPrematurityDay Every year, 15 million babies are born too soon. Too small. Too early. And far too vulnerable to life-threatening complications. But with the right care, most preterm and low birth weight babies survive. They can go on to thrive and lead wonderful

The PRrevention of Cerebral palsy in PreTerm labour (PReCePT) programme, an evidence-based quality improvement intervention, boosted antenatal magnesium sulfate use in England from 66% to 86% over 5 years. Using a quasi-experimental design, @HannahB_Edwards, @KarenLuyt &

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Breaking News: James Watson, who made one of the biggest breakthroughs in science by helping to discover the structure of DNA, died at 97.

…mostly attributable to a reduction in late (probably iatrogenic) preterm birth in well-resourced settings; more work required to see same benefit in women from underserved communities and those giving birth <34w #preterm #PTB

Australia’s national preterm prevention program has been effective: a fall in the singleton liveborn preterm birth rate from 6·40% in 2017 to 5·97% in 2021 1/2

Heartbroken to read today’s @NAOorguk report describing the postcode lottery of care faced by dying people in Britain. Two thirds of charitable hospices are in debt. Services are being slashed everywhere & hospices forced to cut their staff & beds. How can it possibly be right

The coverage of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by @undertheraedar is always exceptionally good. Get up to speed now before he, undoubtedly, starts dropping the 2025 updates maps.

…and lead to consideration of alternative interventions such as watchful waiting and/or progesterone rather than automatically leading to a stitch #PTB

NB this benefit was lost when a threshold of 25mm was used (34% vs 40% in the cerclage vs no cerclage group). So in practice: the finding of a CL <25mm should lead to scrutiny of the image to understand why it is shortened (?context, ?LLETZ, ?int os collapse, ?previous scans)…

IPD meta-analysis, six trials, n=340, asymptomatic singleton gestations without prior sPTB with mid pregnancy TVS CL <21 mm, cerclage associated with a significant reduction in PTB <37w 31% v 42%

"Baby loss can be absolutely devastating and so many experience it." This week we welcomed Baroness Merron, Minister for Women’s Health, to our National Centre for Preterm Birth Research. Baroness Merron found out more about our lifesaving work: https://t.co/MShOIEtgBg

PSA screening media coverage is currently very poor. Various charities are not helping but instead adding to the confusion and hype. The Times today carries another high profile individual story of how they were "absolutely" saved by screening with PSA testing.

NNAP 2024 data : Mortality in very preterm babies is unchanged from 2023 (6.4%) and has not improved over recent years. Significant variation between neonatal networks continues in a way that is not explained by case mix. Full details here:

On average, children born very preterm had significantly lower IQ scores than term-born children and this deficit did not decrease in studies conducted over four decades. https://t.co/gU9nwaiMM8

Our latest study explores how caesarean scars from advanced labour can increase the risk of preterm birth in future pregnancies. @ucl @uclh @PrenatalTherapy @UCL_IfWH

A big thank you to the 4⃣2⃣ pregnant volunteers who helped us run the second session of a new training programme for doctors to better predict and prevent preterm birth with @OUHospitals. One volunteer told us: “So happy I took part in this.” ➡️ https://t.co/XZLNouNfHk

This is a great opportunity for paediatric trainees to join our @BiBresearch family and discover the wonder of high impact research

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91. https://t.co/qyOMRpv5Ho