http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. About five years ago, Catherine Tucker was pregnant with identical twins when she encountered a serious medical issue. Her unborn children were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a dangerous condition in which one twin acquires too much blood and the other loses too much. Before the advent of new medical technologies within the last 30 years, the survival rate of twins with the syndrome was less than 10 percent. http://phys.org/news268382626.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:43:57 EST news268382626 Researchers have called for a consistent and supportive approach to child abandonment in Europe to protect the welfare of the hundreds of youngsters given up by their parents every year. http://phys.org/news257486170.html Other Sciences Tue, 29 May 2012 04:56:53 EST news257486170 Swedish doctors on Monday presented a new method they said dramatically reduces the risk of multiple births from in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) without affecting chances of having a baby. http://phys.org/news229004956.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:29:37 EST news229004956 (AP) -- At least 17 infants have died in the last 48 hours at a government-run hospital in eastern India and the state is investigating, media reported Thursday. http://phys.org/news228652109.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:28:38 EST news228652109 Babies born outside normal working hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday are at an increased risk of death due to lack of oxygen (intrapartum anoxia), according to a study from Scotland published in the British Medical Journal today. http://phys.org/news198403885.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:00:01 EST news198403885