Mobile app could reliably determine risk of spontaneous preterm birth

Researchers have detailed improvements to a mobile app for rapidly determining individual women’s risks of spontaneous preterm birth. The app could allow for both earlier determination of preterm birth risk and provision of special treatments. Researchers from King’s College London (UK) have created a newly improved, user-friendly, mobile app for rapidly determining individual women’s risks of experiencing spontaneous preterm birth. The app could allow for both earlier determination of preterm birth risk and provision of special treatments to reduce emotional and financial burdens on families and the NHS. Preterm birth — when a baby is born before 37 full weeks...