By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Brain development in the womb is affected by the mother’s level of exposure to air pollution, ...

A new study reveals that prenatal exposure to common air pollutants like NO₂, PM2.5, and black carbon is associated with ...

Implementing universal ultrasound during the third trimester of pregnancy significantly ... to fewer cases of impaired blood flow to a baby's brain at birth, Khalil's group reported, as well ...

Fetuses more exposed to certain air pollutants show changes in the size of specific brain structures, particularly during the ...

So the first ultrasound picture can feel momentous: Finally, your whirring brain can be placated with ... ultrasound or in late second or third trimester. Think about who you will want in the ...

In the second trimester (12 to 24 weeks) and the third trimester (24 to 40 weeks or birth), an ultrasound may be done to: During an ultrasound earlier in the pregnancy, you may need to have a full ...

More information: Samantha Knights et al, Impact of point-of-care ultrasound and routine third trimester ultrasound on undiagnosed breech presentation and perinatal outcomes: An observational ...

Most of the fetal abnormalities (68%) seen at 35 to 37 weeks had already been diagnosed in the first and/or second trimester, and the incidence of abnormalities first seen at 35 and 37 weeks was 0.5%.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A routine ultrasound during the third trimester of pregnancy did not significantly affect pregnancy-related ...

What they found is that exposure to diagnostic ultrasound ... brain. Mourad said their results are about the first trimester of pregnancy. Data looking at the effect of ultrasound on the second ...