In a study published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology that involved more than 50,000 pregnancies, a fetal anomaly was detected for the first time in the third trimester in one in 200 women who ...

You may worry about your baby if you find out that you have placenta previa. You are likely to be in your second trimester if you are diagnosed with it. The good thing is that this condition is only ...

Warning pregnant mothers about fetal abnormalities before scans would only have caused additional distress, according to a study of women who were given bad news when they had an ultrasound to detect ...

To determine if serum screen analytes identify preeclamptic patients at risk for small-for-gestational age newborns, maternal laboratory abnormalities and preterm delivery (<37 weeks gestation). Using ...

Scanning for serious structural issues in fetuses during the first trimester can result in earlier detection of these issues, reports a new study led by Aris Papageorghiou at the University of Oxford, ...

A nationwide study of over one million pregnancies in the UK revealed that first-trimester ultrasounds significantly improve the early detection of major fetal anomalies. While availability varied ...