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Menard and Team Receive $12.5M to Address Pregnancy-Related Hypertensive Emergencies

November 11, 2022
In partnership with multiple community agencies across the Triangle, the UNC Center for Women’s Health Research has received funding—approximately $2.5 million per year for five years—from the National Institutes of Health Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to identify effective strategies for implementing pregnancy-related hypertension best practices in the outpatient...

Treating A Baby’s Heart Condition In The Womb

September 5, 2022
When Kimberly Mays was about 20 weeks pregnant with her second child, she began to feel faint and overheated. An ultrasound revealed that Mays’ baby had a very rapid heart rate.

Pregnant Mother Undergoes Laser Surgery to Save Her Twins

April 27, 2022
Micah and Malachi Plumber just turned 1—a major milestone for any child. Watching the adorable twins crawl, giggle and play with their older sister, Kinsley, it’s hard to believe they had a medical condition that required surgery when they were still in their mother’s womb.

UNC study introduces a novel opportunity to democratize obstetric ultrasound

April 26, 2022
Establishing accurate gestational age with ultrasound early in pregnancy is essential to delivering high-quality care. Yet, the high cost for equipment and the need for trained sonographers limits its use in low-resource settings. A new study published in NEJM Evidence introduces a novel opportunity to democratize obstetric ultrasound.

UNC Landmark Study Empowers Nurse Midwives to Perform at Level of Trained Sonographers Using Butterfly

April 8, 2022
Unique scanning method coupled with artificial intelligence, paves the way for universal obstetric ultrasound GUILFORD, Conn. and NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 – Butterfly Network, Inc. (NYSE: BFLY), (the company) a digital health company transforming care with handheld, whole-body ultrasound, today announced its position in a new study published in NEJM Evidence,...

AI Estimation of Gestational Age from Blind Ultrasound Sweeps in Low-Resource Settings

March 28, 2022
Abstract BACKGROUND Ultrasound is indispensable to gestational age estimation and thus to quality obstetrical care, yet high equipment cost and the need for trained sonographers limit its use in low-resource settings