The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon Patterson declared that defining fetal viability could be a difficult task. A surgeon serving his fourth term in the legislature, ...

When Missouri voters decide in less than three weeks whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, the ballot measure before them will include a legal definition of fetal viability ...

Kate Dineen was about 33 weeks pregnant with her second child when an ultrasound revealed that her baby had suffered a catastrophic stroke in utero and would likely either die before birth or have a ...

There is no magical amount of viable ventricular myocardium that makes percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) an effective addition to optimal medical therapy (OMT) in stable patients with coronary ...

Fetal viability refers to how soon a fetus can be born and survive outside of its mother's womb. Fetal viability is typically set at 23 weeks of gestation but varies depending on certain factors.

Cities across the UK have called for a £3bn brownfield viability fund and a stricter definition of affordable rent to support the government’s ambition to deliver 1.5 million homes. Cities across the ...