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The womb is the small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis. This is the organ in which a baby grows. Also called uterus.

"Selfish chromosomes" explain why most human embryos die very early on, study suggests

New research by a scientist at the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that "selfish chromosomes" explain why most human embryos die very early on. The study, published in PLoS, Biology, explaining why fish embryos are fine but sadly humans' embryos often don't survive, has implications for the treatment of infertility.

6 Jul 2022

After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

I've been pregnant five times. I have one child. A son, Sam, who was born on his due date, weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces, in 1997.

24 Jun 2022

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

A few minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sits a brick, one-story building with opaque windows. From the nearby freeways, most drivers wouldn't recognize it as the location of one of the few clinics in the state that provides abortions.

24 Jun 2022

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

Jerisha Morton didn't realize she was pregnant until about six weeks into her pregnancy. She soon started feeling waves of intense nausea.

24 Jun 2022

New model outlines how neural circuits learn to control the body from early, spontaneous movements

Does the nervous system come with instructions for how it should connect to the body or must it figure this out during early development? A new model from researchers at the University of Southern California and Lund University in Sweden suggests that spontaneous movements made by a fetus in the womb (including those kicks) are a key step in getting the body's nervous system "wired up."

22 Jun 2022

Study provides a crucial reference for fetal tissue generation in the lab

Scientists have identified the biochemical signals that control the emergence of the body pattern in the primate embryo.

16 Jun 2022

Misinformation clouds America’s most popular emergency contraception

A brand of specialty mozzarella cheeses. A collection of natural-gas storage terminals. And America’s top-selling emergency contraception.

7 Jun 2022

Infants exposed to COVID-19 in the womb exhibit differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes

Babies born to mothers who suffered COVID-19 disease during pregnancy seem to exhibit differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes at 6 weeks, according to a preliminary analysis presented in the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry.

6 Jun 2022

Multidisciplinary medical team needed to provide care for pregnant women with lupus, study says

A study that includes researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary medical team to counsel and provide care for women with systemic lupus erythematosus, the most common form of lupus, who become pregnant.

2 Jun 2022

Opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy can minimize adverse impacts on the fetal brain

Treating pregnant women with opioid use disorder can help minimize opioid-related brain abnormalities in their newborns.

12 May 2022

Clemson researchers discover a promising therapy for people suffering from toxoplasmosis

Many doctors caution their pregnant patients to avoid cat feces; even the family pet's litter box is off-limits. Now, a group of researchers from Clemson University have discovered a promising therapy for those who suffer from toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by the microscopic protozoa Toxoplasma gondii.

11 May 2022

Elevated levels of maternal psychological distress may affect offspring’s cognitive development

Women's elevated anxiety, depression and stress during pregnancy altered key features of the fetal brain, which subsequently decreased their offspring's cognitive development at 18 months.

29 Apr 2022

New insights could lead to better treatments for Dravet syndrome and related conditions

Children with Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that begins in infancy, experience seizures, usually for their entire life.

27 Apr 2022

Quantitative MRI can detect subtle differences in the brain structure of premature babies

Premature babies who develop abnormalities like autism and cerebral palsy as teenagers have subtle differences in brain structure that can be detected on quantitative MRI (qMRI), according to a new study in the journal Radiology.

26 Apr 2022

Impaired brain growth in the womb can predict worsened infant neurodevelopmental outcomes

A new study reports that selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predict adverse cognitive, language and motor outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease.

22 Apr 2022

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center doctors save a newborn baby with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Sarah Gonzalez was just 13 weeks pregnant in 2018 when she received "terrifying" news during a routine ultrasound.

19 Apr 2022

Lifelong excess weight almost doubles the risk of developing womb cancer, shows study

New research shows that lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman's risk of developing womb cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published today in BMC Medicine.

19 Apr 2022

Researchers investigate Zika virus and Dengue virus co-immunity

In a new study, researchers successfully created new strains of the Zika virus and proved that the process of passaging through mice resulted in significantly increased virulence.

19 Apr 2022

Researchers construct first single-cell atlas of postnatal lung development in humans and mice

How do the lungs develop after taking their first breaths outside the womb? What cellular events and changes early in life give rise to lung malfunction and disease? To help answer these questions, scientists have constructed the first single-cell atlas of postnatal lung development in humans and mice.

12 Apr 2022

Pandemic-era birth data reveals significant fall in cesarian, induced deliveries

Premature births from cesarian (C-sections) and induced deliveries fell by 6.5% during the first month of the Covid-19 pandemic and remained consistently lower throughout -; a likely result of fewer prenatal visits due to efforts to slow the spread of the virus, according to new research from Georgia Tech's School of Economics.

6 Apr 2022

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"Selfish chromosomes" explain why most human embryos die very early on, study suggests

After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

New model outlines how neural circuits learn to control the body from early, spontaneous movements

Study provides a crucial reference for fetal tissue generation in the lab

Misinformation clouds America’s most popular emergency contraception

Infants exposed to COVID-19 in the womb exhibit differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes

Multidisciplinary medical team needed to provide care for pregnant women with lupus, study says

Opioid use disorder treatment during pregnancy can minimize adverse impacts on the fetal brain

Clemson researchers discover a promising therapy for people suffering from toxoplasmosis

Elevated levels of maternal psychological distress may affect offspring’s cognitive development

New insights could lead to better treatments for Dravet syndrome and related conditions

Quantitative MRI can detect subtle differences in the brain structure of premature babies

Impaired brain growth in the womb can predict worsened infant neurodevelopmental outcomes

Johns Hopkins Children’s Center doctors save a newborn baby with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Lifelong excess weight almost doubles the risk of developing womb cancer, shows study

Researchers investigate Zika virus and Dengue virus co-immunity

Researchers construct first single-cell atlas of postnatal lung development in humans and mice

Pandemic-era birth data reveals significant fall in cesarian, induced deliveries

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