September 1, 2014
News & Features
Noninvasive screening for Down syndrome is fast becoming standard care in gynecological practices.
Will a Harvard psychologist succeed in her efforts to re-engineer the neonatal intensive-care unit and reduce the price of prematurity?
In the absence of clear-cut evidence, doctors must work in the realm of instinct and faith, and these intangibles necessarily have personal roots.
Identical twins often share personality traits, interests and habits, but what about their fingerprints?
At age 35, Angelica decided to start a family. Knowing that her age was associated with an increased risk of bearing a child with a chromosomal defect, at 18 weeks of pregnancy she underwent amniocentesis, an analysis of fetal cells from amniotic fluid extracted by a large needle inserted into the...
Prosecutors in Salt Lake City announced last week that they had dropped charges of homicide against a woman who delayed a Cesarean section despite doctors' advice that it was necessary to save the lives of her twins. It was a step in the right direction, but the decision to criminalize the woman's...
The 19 babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn were typical of the infants in similar hospitals elsewhere. Eighteen were born weeks or months before term, defined as 37 or more weeks after the mother's last menstrual period.
We hear about the miracles: the babies born weighing two pounds or less who grow up to play sports and graduate from high school, even college. But rarely do people hear the very sad stories of the thousands of tiny babies born months before their time who do not do nearly as well, who spend...
Despite widespread belief among both doctors and lay people that cerebral palsy results from lack of oxygen to the baby's brain during labor and delivery, a new report says that birth asphyxia alone accounts for 10 percent of cases at most. The study found that the vast majority of children who...
A number of obstetrical experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of pregnant women whose labors are induced for no apparent medical reason. Since 1990, the proportion of births resulting from an induced labor has doubled: one baby in five is now born after the birth...
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