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A new study could uncover the root causes of preterm births

Akila Subramaniam, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, was awarded a $75,000 grant from AMAG Pharmaceutical to begin research on a powerful predictor of spontaneous preterm birth.

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Physician travels to Africa to treat women who have suffered childbirth injuries

A UAB obstetric surgeon will lend her skills to African women by treating obstetric fistula, a common complication of childbirth in the developing world that causes incontinence.

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Prematurity, low birth weight significantly impact mortality rates

Prematurity, low birth weight leading cause for the leveling off of infant mortality and neonatal mortality rates in the United States.

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