Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column during ...

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) ...

Babies born with heart defects may be at increased risk for cancer within the first 10 years of life, according to new ...

Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal ...

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

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

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

Doctors said that studies have now shown that incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been increasing in India's ...

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

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, ...

Birth defects can lead to functional abnormalities or deformities in the appearance of a baby. Birth defects are caused by many complications. In an interview with HT lifestyle, Dr Sonia Golani ...

Birth defects are critical conditions, meaning they can be very serious, even life-threatening. Each year, around 6 per cent of babies across the world are born with birth defects—conditions that are ...