Surgeons in Los Angeles expected to remove a massive 22-pound growth from a pregnant woman's abdomen. Instead, they uncovered ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to study this moment in humans because of ethical restrictions and limited access to ...

Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...

An MRI confirmed a complete abdominal ectopic pregnancy and that Lopez's uterus was empty. The baby was sitting in the ...

As cesarean delivery (C-section) rates continue to rise worldwide, experts at NYU Langone Health are highlighting a surgical ...

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually ...

Most people wouldn't know what uterus didelphys means, even though the condition is estimated to affect one in every 3,000 people women, and can have a significant impact on their lives. Simply put, ...

Research to help reduce inflammation in the uterus of livestock animals could help pave the way for developing new drugs to ...

Jen Irwin still hadn’t gotten her period by the time she was 15. A visit to her doctor right before her 16th birthday didn't offer any answers, but when she followed up the appointment with an MRI, ...

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 ...

You're likely not terribly well acquainted with your uterus—unless, you know, you're growing a baby inside of it right now—but if you hear yours is shaped like a heart, you might think, Damn, that ...

The idea of a heartshaped uterus sounds pretty romantic. Imagine: the organ that grows a baby, which you plan to love unconditionally for the rest of your life, being formed in the shape of a heart?