Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fetus develops a brain and spinal cord early on. Find out how this development occurs and what you can do to support it. Fact ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring Utah schools to show students videos of fertilization and development of a fetus inside the womb.

Significant differences in the gene activity of the fetal intestine, brain and placenta were identified, depending on the microbes in the mother's body and the compounds produced by them. The findings ...

Scientists are uncovering how the placenta, long viewed as a temporary pregnancy organ, acts as a powerful biological predictor of lifelong health, linking prenatal environments to future risks of ...

Sexual behavior and sex preference in animals and humans are shaped by complex interactions between the brain and hormones during early development. One critical factor is exposure to androgens (male ...

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A new state law requires Kansas schools to show a video of fetal growth, but it leaves it up to individual districts to decide how to address this subject. Senate Bill 275 ...

An interdisciplinary team from the University Hospitals Cologne and Bonn have conducted the first prospective study to ...

HB 1071 would require fetal‑development videos in health class and lets parents opt out. The House takes it up this week.

Substance use disorders among pregnant women continues to be a major public health concern, posing risk to the child’s development, and imposing socioeconomic burdens on society by increasing needs ...