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By: Erica O'Neil | Published: Sep 06, 2010

Prenatal exposure to alcohol (ethanol) results in a continuum of physical, neurological, behavioral, and learning defects collectively grouped under…

By: Kristin Kelley | Published: Sep 02, 2010

Throughout history methods involving urine have been a popular way to test for pregnancy. Early ideas ranged from simply observing the color of a…

By: Kristin Kelley | Published: Sep 02, 2010

A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of a woman's uterus. For many women, a hysterectomy comes as a solution to health problems as diverse as…

By: Kristin Kelley | Published: Sep 02, 2010

The extraembryonic membranes that surround and originate from the embryos of vertebrates such as birds, reptiles, and mammals are crucial to their…

By: Samuel Philbrick | Published: Aug 30, 2010

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are studied carefully by scientists not just because they are a potential source of stem cells that…

By: Megan Kearl | Published: Aug 27, 2010

The Dickey-Wicker Amendment is an amendment attached to the appropriations bills for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and…

By: Angel Lopez | Published: Jul 01, 2010

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells are hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) that are recovered from the blood of the umbilical cord and placenta after…

By: Aroob Khokhar | Published: Jul 01, 2010

Johns Hopkins Medical Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland, opened in 1889; its associated medical school opened four years later. Today the…

By: Christina Raup | Published: Jul 01, 2010

The birth control pill, more commonly known as "the pill" is a form of contraception taken daily in pill form and consisting of synthetic hormones…

By: Christina Raup | Published: Jul 01, 2010

Teratomas are embryonal tumors that normally arise from germ cells and are typically benign. They are defined as being composed either of tissues…