Cambridge researchers have revealed a detailed picture of how the human brain grows from mid-pregnancy through the first ...

Study will treat obese moms-to-be with diabetes drug to slim down their babies. July 8, 2011— -- How far will we go to prevent childhood obesity? U.K. researchers are bringing the battle against ...

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure and stretch sensors in uterine muscles and surrounding nerves work together ...

Once you get pregnant, your baby’s growth doesn’t always happen in a consistent manner. Rather, they grow in spurts, periods of rapid development followed by slower phases. This is a usual pattern and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration met Wednesday to discuss something that was once thought to be only science fiction: the use of artificial wombs that could potentially help premature babies ...