Pregnancy Research Center

Pregnancy Research Center is an independent research organization focused on pregnancy.

As Health Care Professionals or women served by them during pregnancy, you have the opportunity to share your opinion as we seek to gain insight into the critical issues around current and future pregnancy management practices.

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Recent Headlines

Y! Health Pregnancy News, updated continuously.

Home abortion drug use effective, safe for most (Reuters)
Reuters - Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows.
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening (AP)
AP - Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot.
1 in 5 At-Risk U.S. Babies Doesn't Get Hepatitis B Vaccine (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five babies born to mothers with hepatitis B aren't getting treatments that have been shown to prevent the infection in newborns, a new study finds.
HIV among newborns could be 'eradicated by 2015' (AFP)
AFP - Within five years, the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.
World could soon shield "most newborns" from HIV (AFP)
AFP - Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.

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Featured Survey

Patient's Perceptions of Preterm Birth

Survey Date: 10/2008

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Summary: In a recent survey (the Prematurity Awareness Survey) conducted by the Pregnancy Research Center, 255 women who were between 22 and 30 weeks of gestation were surveyed in order to better understand pregnant women's perceptions of preterm birth.

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Pregnancy Insights

The Top 3 Most Promising Developments in Preterm Birth Prevention

Progesterone
Fetal Fibronectin
Cervical Length

*Information obtained through a PRC survey in 3/08 of 127 physicians (95 ObGyns, 32 perinatologists)