Fetal interventions, such as surgery or stem cell transplantation, can cure congenital diseases, but they increase the risk of preterm labour. This study suggests that these interventions may break ...

Repair of open neural tube defects, including myelomeningocele, in the fetus has been shown to improve postnatal outcomes by decreasing the severity of hydrocephalus and, consequentially, reducing the ...

The concept of fetal surgery captures the imagination when, from time to time, it makes the headlines. Few pregnant mothers will need the assistance of fetal medicine specialists; fewer still will ...

An intervention to increase pregnant women's awareness of reduced fetal movement does not have the desired effect of reducing rates of stillbirth delivery, and in fact, is associated with an increased ...

Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s shared plans in early December to open an institute for maternal-fetal health aimed at improving care for expectant mothers facing serious fetal diagnoses.

Baylor College of Medicine fetal therapy and surgery specialists rank among the world’s leaders in fetal medicine and perinatal surgery, providing the highest quality care available for pregnancies ...

Nearly one-third of women, without a prior cesarean, reported that they were told by their maternity care providers that their babies might be ''quite large," leading to higher rates of ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. When Sandy Bagwell began fostering a three-week-old baby in 2019, she knew there was a chance he might have been exposed to drugs or alcohol in the womb ...

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully performed Vietnam’s first officially approved fetal heart procedure, completing the complex operation in just over 30 minutes to save a baby with severe ...