Background: Conventionally, the pregnancy duration is accepted to be 280-282 days. Fetuses determined by ultrasound biometry to be small in early pregnancy, have an increased risk of premature birth.

While many expectant parents have just one or two ultrasounds during pregnancy, having twins usually means additional screenings. The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ...

A routine ultrasound during the second trimester “can identify early signs of autism spectrum disorder” (ASD), according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka Medical Center ...

These days, it's pretty much routine for pregnant women in their second trimester to be scheduled for a level 2 ultrasound, more commonly called the 20-week anatomy scan. That's because practitioners ...

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 ...

Clinicians may be able to identify early signs of autism from a routine second-trimester ultrasound. The corresponding study was published in Brain by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...

Patients insured by Medicaid are less likely to get prenatal diagnosis of heart defects than those with private insurance, and this disparity can be partly attributed to lower rates of 20-week ...

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 ...