Four years ago this month, every beat of newborn Justice Altidor’s heart came with labored breathing. Even after surgeons at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta cut blood vessels from her heart, which ...

With a three-year R15 grant of more than $432,000 from the National Institutes of Health, Duke is studying the underlying causes of the reduction in lung function, as well as exercise ability, in ...

Developed countries have seen rising rates of medical interventions during labor and delivery. A team of investigators from Australia studied how a new approach to prenatal childbirth education ...

You might wonder how your baby breathes while still in your womb, surrounded by amniotic fluid. After all, the lungs are not filled with air before birth, and your baby relies entirely on the placenta ...

Estefania Mesa walked into Hoboken University Medical Center in July elated to become a new mother, but nearly four months later the 28-year-old remains in a rehabilitation center struggling to ...