Just as external sex organs such as the labia and clitoris can look vastly different on different people, so can those that are internal. This is a “congenital anomaly that someone is born with,” ...

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure and stretch sensors in uterine muscles and surrounding nerves work together ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inverted uterus — a uterus that folds in on itself — is a serious, potentially deadly complication. (Illustration: Joamir ...

Uterus transplants may be a promising solution for some women with infertility, after a new study found that the transplants didn’t appear to cause any health risks in children born from this method, ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus's vital signs while ...

A hair-like robotic probe developed by Northwestern University researchers is the first device to safely monitor a fetus' ...

A doctor said it "totally changed my mind about many things I thought were set." — -- The doctors who helped deliver the first American baby born from a transplanted uterus opened up about the ...

New research suggests that exposure to a common “forever chemical” may interfere with the earliest stages of pregnancy. A new animal study suggests that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used ...

Led by Paige Porrett, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery in the UAB Division of Transplantation and Comprehensive Transplant Institute, the uterus transplantation program will provide women ...

The answer was shocking: Michelle didn’t have a uterus. While that explained why she didn’t menstruate, it also meant she’d never carry a baby. At 16, that didn’t matter so much, but as she aged and ...

Researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Nanomedicine—which designs nanotechnology-based ...