Thanks to advances in imaging and diagnostic technologies, clinicians can now detect many genetic disorders in the womb, ...

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Six pregnant women participated in a small trial in which placenta-derived stem cells were applied to fetal spinal cords and the treatment was found to be safe.

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Discontinuing statins before pregnancy does not increase maternal cardiovascular risk, even in patients with pre-existing atherosclerotic disease.

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Lucy Letby's defence team say new medical evidence has been submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in a bid to ...

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The reek of ammonia, feces and urine. Newborn kittens clinging to life in the blistering sun of summer’s first day. A ...

Teeth, placentas and surgical remains are being saved and even consumed. Here is what medicine says about safety.