Dymicron’s Triadyme-C artificial disc earned the FDA’s investigational device exemption approval, according to a July 10 news release. The IDE approval opens the door for a U.S. trial of the disc, ...

Dymicron’s Triadyme-C artificial disc earned the FDA’s investigational device exemption approval, according to a July 10 news release. The IDE approval opens the door for a U.S. trial of the disc, ...

A study by investigators from Mass General Brigham adds evidence that the most effective way to prevent preterm birth among ...

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

The Friedman curve, the gold standard for rates of cervical dilation and fetal descent during active labor, was developed almost 50 years ago.

Rachell Dumas had nine pregnancy losses before she was diagnosed with cervical insufficiency. Here, she shares her story and what doctors missed.

Capillaries in the cervix can rupture during this stage and cause bloody discharge known as the ‘bloody show’. This is normal. The next phase is active labor, when the cervix will dilate further.

After removal of the sutures the cervix may immediately dilate to the degree present before closure; however, labor may not ensue for several hours or days.

A dilation and curettage procedure, also called a D&C, is a surgical procedure in which the cervix (lower, narrow part of the uterus) is dilated (expanded) so that the uterine lining (endometrium) can ...

Cervical dilation during "active labor" is often conceptualized linearly, a conceptualization that likely contributes to the high frequency of dystocia diagnoses and subsequent intervention.

Preterm birth is the leading cause of worldwide neonatal mortality. It follows a pathologically accelerated form of the normal processes that govern cervical softening and dilation. Softening and ...