New System Monitors Fetal Heartbeat

Monday, June 1, 2009 - 13:14 in Health & Medicine

Tiny fluctuations in a fetus's heartbeat can indicate distress, but currently there is no way to detect such subtle variations except during labor, when it could be too late to prevent serious or even fatal complications. Now, a new system could allow much earlier monitoring of the fetal heartbeat.

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