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Number of preemies concern physicians

The number of preterm births in the United States increased by more than a third between 1996 and 2004 and Cesarean sections accounted for the vast majority of the increase, researchers said Wednesday.

Most of the increase involved what physicians call late-preterm babies, those born after 34 to....

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