A therapy first tried in the 1960s can both extend a pregnancy in a woman who is at risk of giving birth prematurely and reduce a newborn’s risk of complications, a new study finds. The drug, 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P), is a natural metabolic product of the female hormone progesterone. In previous small-scale tests, it showed mixed results.
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