Fetal heart rate monitoring during labor is a vital tool for assessing a baby's well-being and guiding timely interventions. Updated ACOG guidelines outline how to interpret different tracing ...

Professor Sheng Xu is one of five Stanford winners of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship, alongside economics professor Ran ...

Abstract: Prenatal care is critical to ensuring maternal and fetal well-being, yet many individuals face barriers such as financial constraints, lack of awareness, and limited access to clinical ...

The Human Genetics Research Group of the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine has identified a gene whose defect may cause congenital heart malformations in the fetus. The MGRN1 gene has not ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Being able to effectively monitor the heart rate of a developing fetus is key to identifying potential health issues, and the earlier they’re caught, the better for the child.

SEATTLE — What if pregnant women could monitor their baby's heart rate using their mobile phone? The idea is not so far-fetched. A University of Washington PhD student is helping develop a smartphone ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are among the most common birth defects, affecting nearly 1 in 100 babies born in the U.S. Yet despite advances in prenatal imaging, CHD remains one of the most ...

Re “Doctors Stick With Unreliable Medical Tool to Justify C-Sections” (front page, Nov. 7): As the president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, I found that this article, ...

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and legal concerns, The Times found. Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to ...