In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States evaluated the effects of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-associated stress and fetal ...

Dept. of Ped. Res., N.Y.S. Inst. Basic Res. Ment. Retard., Dept. Ped., Mt. Sinai Hosp. Sch. Med., New York ...

Shoulder dystocia (SD) is a serious obstetric emergency that occurs when the fetal shoulders fail to deliver after the head has emerged during the second stage of labor. This condition can result in ...

Like the hands that pull the strings at a marionette puppet show, our resident microbes influence the day-to-day running of virtually all of our biological systems. For instance, host-microbe ...

A study in mice has discovered that the presence of Bifidobacterium breve bacteria in the mother's gut during pregnancy promotes healthy brain development in the fetus. The fetal brain development of ...

Physicians are trained in the ethics of medicine from the first year of school. As a second-year medical student about to take the boards, I feel the need to insert some medical facts into the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the mature human newborn infant, only pancreatic α-amylase shows a very low but highly inducible activity. Other digestive enzymes, ...

North Dakota schools would be required to show students high-quality video of how a human fetus develops in each week of pregnancy under a bill Senate lawmakers approved during a vote Wednesday. The ...