Preterm Births And Lifetime Medical Costs Reduced By Drug Therapy

submitted by kelly 9/10/1901 5:23:14 AM days ago (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.c...)

Researchers from MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH found that treating expectant mothers who have had previous spontaneous preterm births with 17 Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) and reducing the incidence of another preterm birth would consequently reduce both short-term and lifetime medical costs in offspring by $2 billion per year. The results of their study were reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.