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Networks of wearable sensors capture body sounds to improve patient monitoring
By
Nick Paul Taylor
Researchers have developed soft, miniaturized wearable devices to continuously capture the sounds of breathing and other bodily functions.
November 16, 2023
Fors Marsh to offer Sera Prognostics preterm birth risk test to employees
By
LabPulse.com staff writers
The PreTRM blood-based test provides early risk assessment for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic, singleton pregnancies.
November 29, 2022
Sera Prognostics, Sonrava Health, Cerebrae partner on preterm birth risk
By
LabPulse.com staff writers
The companies are teaming up to provide Sera's PreTRM Test to members of Sonrava Health's employer-sponsored health insurance program.
October 4, 2022
Sera Prognostics inks deal with MultiPlan for pregnancy test
By
LabPulse.com staff writers
January 31, 2022
AACC advises against lab testing for premature birth
By
Will Morton
Preterm delivery is an ongoing problem that can lead to numerous complications for both infants who survive birth and their mothers, according to AACC. To address the issue, medical providers have turned to clinical lab tests that measure fetal fibronectin (fFN), interleukin 6, and placental alpha microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1) that may predict whether a woman will deliver preterm.
June 2, 2021
Sera validates blood test in pregnant women at risk of bad outcomes
By
LabPulse.com staff writers
The PreTRM test can predict the risk of preterm birth in asymptomatic, singleton pregnancies to help identify infants more likely to be born before 32 weeks of gestation as well as those more likely to experience an increased length of neonatal hospital stay and severe adverse neonatal outcomes, the company noted.
May 21, 2020
USPSTF: Pregnant women may not need vaginosis screening
By
Kate Madden Yee
The recommendation updates the task force's 2008 guideline with a further literature review but is not different, wrote a team led by USPSTF chair Dr. Douglas Owens of Stanford University. The group found that bacterial vaginosis screening just doesn't seem to offer an advantage for avoiding preterm delivery, which has been associated with the condition.
April 7, 2020
Cheap vaginal-fluid testing signals risk for premature birth
By
Emily Hayes
The study involved noninvasive testing of 340 women in midtrimester pregnancy, with the goal of identifying two important signs of risk for preterm birth: depletion of Lactobacillus bacteria in the vaginal microbiome and short cervical length, defined as 25 mm. It was funded by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and the Brazilian National Research Council.
October 21, 2019
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By
Emily Hayes
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October 21, 2019
NIH study finds vaginal bacteria could predict preterm births
By
LabPulse.com staff writers
A research group led by Jennifer Fettweis, PhD, of Virginia Commonwealth University analyzed data from a subpopulation of over 1,500 women who participated in the NIH Common Fund's Human Microbiome Project. The researchers collected samples of vaginal bacteria from 45 pregnant women who delivered their babies preterm and compared them with samples from 90 women who delivered at full term. Almost 80% of the 135 women were African American.
May 29, 2019
Blood test focuses on PlGF to diagnose pre-eclampsia
By
Brian Casey
Pre-eclampsia often begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy and occurs with the onset of high blood pressure and elevated protein levels in the urine. More severe disease can lead to worsened liver function, damage to other vital organs, and even seizures. Globally, some 100 women die of pre-eclampsia per day.
April 1, 2019
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