Appropriately-timed and suitably-performed scans are crucial for improving pregnancy outcomes and early intervention ...

Hydrocephalus can cause serious neurological issues, but it's treatable, so discover why surgery, not medication, is a ...

It is the first study to specifically examine the association of air pollution with fetal brain development during ... with an increase in the volume of various brain cavities that contain ...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Brain development in the womb is affected by the mother’s level of exposure to air pollution, researchers have found, although it’s not clear whether the brain ...

A study finds that prenatal exposure to air pollution alters fetal brain structures, with stronger effects in the second and third trimesters. Learn more.

An extra ultrasound measuring fetal blood flow in late pregnancy can guide timely delivery decisions and reduce birth ...

A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant.

Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old mother, was declared brain-dead — meaning she is legally dead — in February. She may be kept on life support for months.

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

ATLANTA — A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her ...