Fox 2 reporter Deena Centofanti's local "Health Works" segment exploring research on premature births being conducted at Wayne State University's Perinatology Research Branch, ran nationally on other Fox network outlets. A discovery made by researchers could save hundreds of thousands of babies from being born too soon across the country. Doctors know that women who have what is known as a \"short\" cervix are at higher risk for delivering a premature birth. A new gel containing progesterone can be rubbed on the cervix and help lower the risk. Dr. Roberto Romero, chief of the program in Perinatal Research and Obstetrics and Professor of Molecular Obstetrics and Genetics at Wayne State; and Dr. Sonia Hassan, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Wayne State University School of Medicine and associate dean for Maternal, Perinatal and Child Health, were featured in the story.

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