Preeclampsia is a complication that arises in 5-8% of pregnancies. It causes high blood pressure (hypertension) and may also ...

Potential cuts to Medicaid would be devastating to families caring for a child born with a congenital heart disease ...

Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, ...

Lucca was diagnosed with congenital heart defects before birth. The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Fetal Heart program managed the pregnancy ... and carries oxygen-enriched blood from the heart for ...

Feeding these infants is a challenge: they are already under-nourished at birth and good nutrition ... of antenatal Doppler ultrasound of fetal blood vessels 9 made it possible to study the fetal ...

Bourbonnais couple Christina and Juan Sanchez are spreading the word about their child's rare heart disease in the hopes of ...

Maternal vitamin D status in early pregnancy is crucial for fetal growth and may reduce the risk of preterm birth, according ...

We’ve already used this in preeclampsia and spontaneous preterm birth, and now we’re starting to tackle severe fetal growth restriction as well. From a single blood sample, we’re able to ...

Playing classical music affects fetal heart rate. Researchers found that heart rate patterns became more stable and predictable.

New research from the University of Waikato nails down how much light travels from the outside world to babies in the womb, ...

A new rat study explores lung function and placental changes in the presence of infection and inflammation. The study ...

Researchers used machine learning models to predict preterm birth risk, identifying linear SVMs as the most accurate, with ...