Survival for babies born with a birth defect—a 'post-code lottery'
Survival for a baby born with a birth defect—otherwise known as a congenital anomaly—is a "post-code lottery", according to scientists from 74 countries.
Jul 13, 2021
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Survival for a baby born with a birth defect—otherwise known as a congenital anomaly—is a "post-code lottery", according to scientists from 74 countries.
Jul 13, 2021
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One of the largest studies of its kind has found women who use over-the-counter painkillers in pregnancy are around one and half times more likely to have a baby with health issues. The risk of a preterm delivery, stillbirth ...
Jul 1, 2021
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UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to double doctors' accuracy in detecting the vast majority of complex fetal heart defects in utero—when interventions could either correct them or greatly improve a child's ...
May 26, 2021
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"We have to avoid a pregnancy," said Rosa, about the possibility of getting pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. "My feeling is that I don't want to have a baby. What I went through in 2017 when I had Raíssa, God forbid."
Apr 28, 2021
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Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children's brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts.
Mar 31, 2021
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In the first study of the genomic architecture of the human placenta, scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge and their collaborators have confirmed that the normal structure of the placenta ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Children born to women taking certain medications for epilepsy during pregnancy have no developmental delays at age three when compared to children of healthy women without epilepsy, according to a preliminary study released ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Two studies published by The BMJ today find no links between prescription opioids or macrolide antibiotics taken during pregnancy and risk of major birth defects.
Feb 10, 2021
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Adding to a growing body of research affirming the benefits of fetal surgery for spina bifida, new findings show prenatal repair of the spinal column confers physical gains that extend into childhood. The researchers found ...
Feb 8, 2021
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A preclinical study by a University of South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College of Medicine research team has discovered a new mechanism for how Zika virus can pass from mothers to their children during pregnancy—a ...
Feb 3, 2021
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