When the anesthesiologist put Angelica Vance under for her cesarean section, she had no way of knowing what she'd encounter ...

A newly published study by researchers from Emory University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Columbia University found that a mother's exposure to phthalates during pregnancy can ...

Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is one of the leading causes of long-term neurological morbidity in newborns. Current treatment options for HI brain injury are limited, but mesenchymal ...

Ischemic stroke commonly causes one or more of these symptoms: A CVA occurs when there is an abnormality in blood flow in the blood vessels of the brain. This can include obstruction or bleeding ...

A U.S. prospective study has found that antenatal opioid exposure, particularly during the second or third trimester, was linked to smaller brain volumes in newborns. However the extent of impact ...

In this case, a premature neonate with severe thrombocytopenia exhibited a large subretinal hemorrhage, which resolved as platelet counts normalized. Retinal hemorrhages may be an overlooked ...

Ultrasound scans for pregnant women could cause brain damage in their unborn babies, research warns. Doctors found that men born to mothers who underwent scanning were more likely to show signs of ...

Researchers found that in utero exposure to phthalates is linked with altered metabolism of neurotransmitters and amino acids involved in brain maturation ... exposure to a newborn’s metabolites ...

Neonatal clinicians lack a readily available imaging tool for this purpose. Objective To determine the ability of lung ultrasound (LUS) of the dependent region to detect real-time changes in lung ...

Ultimately, several enzymes in the newborn's metabolism are affected and are no longer able to function, thus causing very fast progressing and irreversible brain damage to affected infants ...