Kristie McNealy, MD

It just dawned on me that at this time 5 years ago, I was being admitted into the hospital in preterm labor with C. I was 30 weeks along, and had been having contractions on and off for weeks. I had been to the doctor once already that week, and when I showed up again [...]

The trigger for the start of labor has been a mystery, but new research which will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) has yielded very important information about the interaction of hormones and the onset of labor.  Researchers in Australia have found that the relative levels [...]

Despite our best efforts, doctors and scientists know relatively little about what causes the uterus to contract and a woman to go into labor.  However, recent research on uterine muscle tissue samples removed after scheduled c-sections has now brought us a step closer to understanding this complicated process. When uterine tissue was exposed to certain [...]