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, ...

Thorough anatomical scan during first-trimester provides detailed understanding about the fetal issues and allow doctors to detect congenital defects, particularly in spinal cord, heart, or limbs. The ...

LONDON ― Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have more rapidly growing brains and bodies at the beginning of the second trimester than children without the disorder, new research suggests ...

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 ...

In a move to reduce infant deaths caused by congenital anomalies, the Maharashtra government has made it mandatory for high-risk pregnant women to undergo an anomaly scan between 18 and 20 weeks of ...