Congenital heart defects (abnormalities of the heart that are present at birth) are the most common type of birth defect and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 4 ...

From the moment of conception, your baby has the genetic information to become a boy or girl — but because both sexes start out the same in the womb, you're going to have to wait to find out that info ...

A healthy person can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's anatomy. For example, the left or right side may be slightly higher ... Imaging tests such as chest or abdominal computerized ...

But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...

An ultrasound uses sound waves to capture fetal images. Those sound waves "bounce ... for a more detailed look at certain parts of the baby's anatomy. "In a sonogram, things don't look as scary ...

The device delivers ultrasound energy to the patient’s pancreas and generates localized heat of up to 100 degrees Celsius that destroys cancer cells in the organ. Other types of ultrasound waves ...