When a woman gets pregnant, it's an enormous joy for the expectant couple and the family. However, even doubt of any defect, abnormality, or variation in the baby can change it. Suddenly the joy turns ...

Late third trimester ultrasound was found to detect missed fetal abnormalities, revealed a new study. In one in 200 women a fetal anomaly was detected for the first time in the third trimester. In one ...

Fetal echo is short for fetal echocardiogram, an ultrasound test doctors use to look for congenital heart disease (CHD). This disease affects around 1% of births each year and encompasses a wide range ...

THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2016 -- A follow-up MRI scan after a mid-pregnancy ultrasound could help improve diagnosis of a possible fetal brain abnormality, a new British study reports. Women selected for ...

Pregnancy is a beautiful thing, an unborn baby growing inside the shelter of his mother’s body. Many mothers would never think that anything could be wrong with their little ones but would make great ...

An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is seen in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CIDEIM) in Cali, Colombia February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga By Bill Berkrot NEW ...

Are fetal ultrasounds safe during pregnancy Experts dissect the facts myths and medical advice every parent needs to know ...

A new test may be better at detecting potentially harmful genetic changes in children before they are born than current methods, researchers say. The test, called a chromosomal microarray, detected ...