This week is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. About one in 100 babies is born with a congenital heart defect, making ...

Although you may not think of children when you imagine someone with heart problems, congenital heart defects are actually ...

As a first-time mother, Kristen Duklewski followed the pregnancy books to the letter. But the news that her newborn son, Dylan, had a cleft lip caught her off guard. The common birth defect quickly ...

CNN — Taking some common antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy was linked with higher risk of birth defects, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the medical ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (Family Features) Birth defects, structural changesâ ¯thatâ ...

Congenital heart defect (CHDs) is the most common birth defect worldwide, affecting millions of babies each year. In India, the incidence of CHDs is 8-10 per 1,000. Many are detected during pregnancy ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Birth defects, including heart problems, rather than illnesses associated with premature births are a leading cause of death in very young babies in the United States, according to ...

Maternal thyroid function or the most prevalent subtypes of thyroid autoantibodies during early pregnancy are not associated with an increased risk for birth defects in children, a Danish study shows.

A recent study has uncovered new information about orofacial development in mice that researchers believe could one day help reduce the risk of certain birth defects in humans. Cleft lip and palate ...

April 20 (Reuters) - Babies conceived through certain fertility treatment techniques are about one-third more likely to have a birth defect than babies conceived without any extra help from technology ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Cleft palates, one of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Offspring of women with cancer had higher risk for birth defects compared with offspring of women without cancer ...