This quick test is done in the first few minutes of a baby's life and can help determine whether your newborn needs any medical help.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes paralysis in roughly one million people worldwide, with incident cases rising yearly. Beyond motor and sensory ...

Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

This Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, take time to consider how to help loved ones cope with losing an unborn child ...

In June, the administration announced a deal with private insurers to reduce their use of prior authorization. At the time, ...

Episiotomies used to be commonplace, but now they're only used if something goes wrong during the birthing process.

Emergency C-sections are surgical procedures that typically lasts 5-10 minutes and are performed when a mother or baby's life ...

But for Kenita-Lee McCartney, welcoming her fourth baby into the world was traumatic, harrowing, and proof just how far short the system can fall. “We advocated so much, yet they did not listen,” ...

UCSF neurologist Dr. Shirvalkar studies nerve-to-brain connections to find new ways to treat chronic back pain.