Even fetuses yawn, a new study shows. During the second and third trimester, fetuses yawn frequently, and those yawns can be distinguished in four-dimensional ultrasounds from other mouth-opening ...

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 ...

Even fetuses yawn, a new study shows. During the second and third trimester, fetuses yawn frequently, and those yawns can be distinguished in four-dimensional ultrasounds from other mouth-opening ...

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 ...

Astrud Tuck receives funding from the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation. An incredibly complex and important organ in its own right, the placenta is only found in mammals. And how it functions ...

FROM the moment of conception an interplay of biochemical processes ensures the growth and development of the fetus and its placenta. Such an interplay must function under an intricate system of ...

RECENT observation of the occurrence in human beings of auto-antibodies specific to heart tissue has given support to the hypothesis of an auto-immune ætiology in rheumatic fever, following myocardial ...

Tennessee could soon become the latest state to require public school students to watch a three-minute computer-generated video on fetal development created by an anti-abortion group. The state Senate ...