It can be difficult to decide whether to expedite birth when a woman in the final stage of pregnancy perceives fewer fetal ...

With a simple blood test, scientists could now sweep a mother’s bloodstream for scraps of placental DNA, uncovering fetal genetic defects and shedding light on the health of the unborn baby.

A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that knowledge into routine care ...

Dr. Shreya Moodley, MD, FRCPC, Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, talks about what a prenatal echocardiogram is and how it can detect heart abnormalities in an unborn baby.

Novartis has been hit with a lawsuit by people with autism and their mothers alleging the drugmaker illegally promoted an asthma drug for treatment of preterm labor despite knowing it was ...

An abnormal fetal heart rate tracing of this nature at this gestational age may be sufficient to warrant delivery, but given the accessibility of high-quality obstetric imaging, we immediately ...

The Zika virus can cause serious birth defects and abnormalities. During the epidemic, one of the most striking results of Zika virus in pregnant women was the increase in offspring suffering from ...

Leyla Ansari, 30, a recent immigrant from Afghanistan who is 22 weeks pregnant, is admitted to East Valley Hospital-a large, suburban, non-teaching hospital--with severe cramping. A preliminary ...