Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was first to use the word hysteria, from the Greek hysteron (uterus), for an ailment that affected women.

The uterine environment plays a crucial role for the developing fetus by several mechanisms, some of which are outlined in this article. Nurses attending deliveries and caring for the infant must ...

Spermageddon is a visually stunning animated film that takes viewers on an extraordinary journey inside the human body. The story follows a shy high school student named Ah-Jen and his classmate Lisa, ...

Doctors in the US have treated a fetus with a rapidly progressive congenital disease from inside the womb for the very first ...

A pregnant Nebraska woman's unborn baby helped save her life after she got into a nearly-fatal car crash, according to her doctors. Kate Via, a 23-year-old outdoors influencer, was 20 weeks ...

and growing them for eleven days inside the mechanical womb. The next step is figuring out how to provide an artificial blood supply, or a more advanced system of nutrients that will let the ...

While in vitro fertilization (IVF) enables conception outside the womb, the embryo grows inside the woman to full term. In contrast, an artificial womb is like an artificial uterus, enabling the ...

Recent advances in ultrasound scanning have shown that babies smile, cry and blink inside the womb, an obstetrician said today. Images captured using a 4D scanner suggest that unborn babies ...

Inside the fantastical garden room ... which Allen has dubbed the "bed womb." A flamingo-print portrait hangs above the bed and a built-in reading nook can be found on both sides.