How to Use preterm in a Sentence

preterm

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• The preterm birth rate worsened in 43 states this year.
  — Anna Claire Vollers, AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• Hotter and longer heat waves might increase the rate of preterm birth, new research suggests.
  — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2020
• The wide range of preterm birth rates between states tells health experts there isn't one solution to the problem.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2021
• Asian/Pacific Islander women in the state have the lowest preterm birth rate, at 8.6 percent.
  — Brie Zeltner, cleveland.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• The biggest decline has been in preterm deaths, which is the greatest cause of infant mortality here.
  — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 29 June 2021
• There have been rare cases where the bacteria in these products have caused sepsis in newborn or preterm infants.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
• Pregnant women are at higher risk of a severe case of Covid-19 and of preterm delivery if they are infected.
  — Sarah Toy, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2021
• The environmental risk factor with the strongest evidence may be preterm birth and low birth weight.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 24 Sep. 2018
• The preterm birth rate -- when a baby is born more than three weeks before a full nine month pregnancy -- also rose for American women overall.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 30 June 2017
• In fact, the makers of Makena cited that precedent in arguing that their preterm-birth drug should remain available.
  — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
• Black women in the United States are also at greater risk for preterm birth, which contributes to a higher rate of infant mortality among them.
  — Alice Callahan, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• The preterm birth rate report card also suggests that disparities in rates among racial and ethnic groups are widening throughout the country.
  — Marie Simoneaux, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Covid-19 also increases the risk of a preterm birth and may cause other adverse pregnancy outcomes, studies have shown.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 July 2021
• The next day, Bush's doctor placed a cerclage in her uterus; a cerclage is a stitch or synthetic tape that reinforces the cervix to prevent miscarriage and preterm delivery.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 7 May 2021
• The study, which included many high-risk Black women, showed that those on the medication saw a 34 percent reduction in their risk of having a preterm birth compared with those in a control group.
  — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
• Goodman has studied dozens of U.S. hospitals’ track records in caring for extremely preterm babies.
  — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2021
• Selenium comes into food from soil, and Muglia pointed out that in places such as the African nation of Malawi, selenium deficiency is common, and the preterm birth rate is among the highest on the planet.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Infections with gonorrhea and syphilis were more strongly associated with very preterm births, which meant between 28 and 31 weeks.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Nov. 2021
• Geronimus came up with the idea of weathering while examining why teen moms have overall higher rates of preterm birth, low birth weight, and infant death, with young black mothers having even higher rates than young white moms.
  — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 30 Sep. 2019
• Modeling action in neighborhoods (such as Avondale) that have succeeded in bringing down preterm deaths.
  — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 13 July 2020
• Alabama has the second highest preterm birth rate in the nation, behind only Mississippi.
  — Anna Claire Vollers | [e-mail], al, 4 Nov. 2019
• That last part is a cause for concern among professionals, and though there is no single reason or theory as to why the preterm birth rate is rising, one expert said it could be attributed to a rise in births among women in their late 30s and 40s.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 25 July 2019
• Some obstetricians would even administer alcohol intravenously to women who were at risk of a preterm birth in hopes of staving off labor.
  — Emma Yasinkski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2022
• The other blood test in development, described in a small pilot study in the journal Science, aimed to predict not only preterm delivery but the gestational age of a pregnancy.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 7 June 2018
• Delaying prenatal care can put you and your baby at risk for serious health issues such as diabetes and preterm delivery.
  — Alice Oglethorpe, Woman's Day, 20 Oct. 2020
• But in analyzing the blood of some of the women who delivered prematurely, the team identified seven other genes with RNA signals that seemed to characterize preterm birth.
  — Pam Belluck, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2018
• But babies suffer from their mom's depression symptoms too: In utero exposure to depression is linked to infant malformations, heart problems, preterm birth, and low birth weight.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 11 Sep. 2017
• But in analyzing the blood of some of the women who delivered prematurely, the team identified seven other genes, mostly from the women, with RNA signals that seemed to characterize preterm birth.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• Specifically, Black and Indigenous birthing people are 60% more likely to experience preterm birth compared to white women, the report says, and their babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday than white babies.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 16 Nov. 2021
• Hicks suggests that changing this practice so that physicians can consider giving premature babies milk donated by mothers who had a preterm birth could make a difference to the development of these infants.
  — Tien Nguyen, Scientific American, 17 June 2020

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024