Imagine if you could predict which mothers would give birth prematurely. Then imagine there was some easy interventions to prevent that.
A new national study of more than 5,000 pregnant women in 19 locations did just that by using a blood test to identifycertain biomarkers in the mother.
The Women’s Center of Texas at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center was one of the locations. The hospital has the largest labor and delivery department in Austin, with more than 10,000 babies born last year, and treats mothers at the highest risk for pregnancy complications, including premature birth…