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Study Finds Air Pollution Reaches Placenta During Pregnancy

WASHINGTON—A new study suggests when a pregnant woman breathes in air pollution, it can travel beyond her lungs to the placenta that guards her fetus. Pollution composed of tiny particles ...

September 18, 2019BY The Associated Press
The Smallest Premie Baby Ever ‘Looked Like a Fetus,’ See How She’s Doing 3 Years Later

This little baby was born only 48 hours after doctors would have considered her ineligible for medical assistance due ...

May 29, 2019BY Daksha Devnani
Trump Administration Reviewing Contracts With Fetal-Tissue Providers

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it's reviewing contracts with fetal tissue providers after dropping ...

September 26, 2018BY Holly Kellum
The Strange Ways Our Brains Process Music: What Does Blue Sound Like?

People who can't talk after a stroke can often sing—and they are even able to access all the ...

August 5, 2014BY Tara MacIsaac