Tiniest Japanese baby boy survives with ...

TOKYO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese baby born weighing just 258 grams, the tiniest recorded in Japan so far, survived healthily in a hospital in central Japan's Nagano Prefecture, local media repo

World's smallest apple-weighted baby boy...

The world's smallest baby boy, who was born in October in Japan weighing as much as an apple, is now ready for the outside world, his doctor said Friday. Ryusuke Sekiya was delivered via emergency Ca

Intestinal bacteria "sense" pregnancy, h...

JERUSALEM, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researchers have discovered that intestinal bacteria can "sense" pregnancy and undergo changes accordingly to help develop the baby, Bar-Ilan University (BIU)