Abstract Late preterm (34–36 weeks of gestational age (GA)), and early term (37–38 weeks
GA) birth rates among singleton live births vary from 3% to 6% and from 15% to 31 …

The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the racial reckoning that took place in the summer of
2020, has placed racial disparities at the forefront of contemporary discourses. Mounting …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships between self-reported psychosocial stress and
preterm birth, hypertensive disease of pregnancy, and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth …

Disparities across racial and ethnic groups are present for a range of health outcomes. In
this opinion piece, we consider the origin of racial and ethnic groupings, a history that …

Introduction Racial differences in adverse maternal and birth outcomes have been studied in
other countries, however, there are few studies specific to the Canadian population. In this …

Preterm birth (PTB) has a complex etiology that includes genetic heritability, lifestyle and
health, socioeconomic status, and psychosocial stress. Racial disparities in pregnancy …

Background: Racial/ethnic disparities in preterm birth (PTB) are well documented in the
epidemiological literature, but little is known about the relative contribution of different social …

Cardiovascular disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States and
Canada for decades. Although it affects millions across a multitude of backgrounds, notable …

Background Data recorded at birth and death registration in England and Wales have been
routinely linked with data recorded at birth notification since 2006. These provide scope for …

One particularly striking finding in the study by Borghese et al. is that the toxicity of blood
arsenic was reduced at higher blood manganese concentrations. 6 Previous studies have …