Prenatal screening not only helps detect birth defects and chromosomal abnormalities early, but also helps doctors make ...

Take prenatal vitamins. Don't eat sushi or drink alcohol. Oh, and have you been feeling sad? For many pregnant women across Canada, questions about their mental health are becoming a mainstay of ...

During pregnancy, the fetus is surrounded by amniotic fluid, a substance much like water. Amniotic fluid has live fetal cells and other things, such as alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). They provide important ...

We used data from 2001–2006 from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and the hospital outpatient department component of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS).

IN A previous communication ∥ one of us reported on a retrospective analysis of congenital syphilis in patients under one year of age in Massachusetts, from 1946 to 1950 inclusive, in order to ...

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