A team of more than 200 researchers around the world, involving multiple health and scientific institutions, led by the University of Oxford, has published the first digital atlas showing the dynamics ...

A new study of cadmium in pregnant women yields crucial insights into the placenta's role in regulating toxin exposure. As with many toxins, exposure to the toxic metal cadmium during pregnancy can ...

In most cases, an ultrasound can detect the beating of cardiac tissue around weeks five to six. Typically, the heart will form within the next few weeks. One of the milestones of fetal development is ...

To treat large gaps in long bones, like the femur, which result from bone tumor removal or a shattering trauma, researchers at Penn Medicine and the University of Illinois at Chicago developed a ...

The use of cigarettes, drinking alcoholic beverages, and drug abuse while being pregnant is linked to congenital anomalies, ...

In a recent review article published in the journal Antioxidants, researchers explored how environmental factors impact the brain development of fetuses and neonates, emphasizing inflammation and ...