Lyric Mariah Heard spoke with "Good Morning America" about her life as a model born with a rare birth defect and using humor to destigmatize limb differences.

Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new ...

Babies with heart birth defects appear to have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer, compared to those without a ...

Being born with a heart defect, or giving birth to a child with one, may increase the risk for cancer, new research suggests.

I n Toxic Town, a drama out now on Netflix, poisonous dust in the air causes children to be born with missing limbs and other physical abnormalities. The alarming story is based on a real incident, ...

Newborns with congenital heart defects may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer compared to children born ...

Birth defects can be caused by genetic environmental or combined factors but some can be prevented with the right measures ...

Treatment options include medications, dietary changes, lifestyle adjustments, and in severe cases, surgical correction.

The researchers identified 1248 major structural birth defects among 78,052 pregnancies: 1049 in unvaccinated people and 199 in vaccinated people (160.6 and 156.4 per 10,000 live births, respectively) ...

Congenital Birth defects affect on an average around 1 in every 30 to 40 births. Few factors may predispose to an increased incidence, such as advanced parental age, family history of birth defects, ...