A small adhesive patch may soon give doctors a far clearer view of fetal health during pregnancy. Researchers at Stanford ...

A skin-mounted ultrasound patch tracks fetal blood flow in real time and may help detect complications in high-risk ...

The blueprint of the adult brain may be mapped out far earlier than we thought. In fact, some 60 percent of the circuits that make up the adult brain may take shape before we are even born, according ...

Few moments in modern life are more exciting than when you catch the first glimpse of your child in the womb through an ultrasound scan. But a Page One article in The Wall Street Journal reports that ...

The researchers concluded that fetuses with ventricles smaller than 10 mm are the ideal candidates for fetal surgery, while there appears to be no benefit, in relation to shunting, for fetuses with ...

Thorough anatomical scan during first-trimester provides detailed understanding about the fetal issues and allow doctors to detect congenital defects, particularly in spinal cord, heart, or limbs. The ...

The size of a language-related brain region measured before a baby is born is linked to how many words that child can say at ...

Using three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging, a research team characterized the shape, volume, morphometry and texture of placentas during pregnancy and, using a novel framework, predicted with ...