Pregnancy can be both exciting and stressful for women and families. That is especially true for women facing unexpected complications from a high-risk pregnancy. As medical director of the Center for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's use of decongestant medications in the first trimester of pregnancy may raise her child's risk of certain rare birth defects, according to a small study. Some ...

A statement about Down syndrome and birth defects from the World Health Organization spurred over a thousand comments on Facebook, many from enraged parents. The statement has been corrected and WHO ...

ST. LOUIS., Missouri (Ivanhoe Newswire) - One in every 33 babies are born with a birth defect each year. It impacts how the body looks, works, or both. Many can be corrected, yet some create lifelong ...

On the mend. Amy Grant underwent successful open-heart surgery to correct a birth defect doctors discovered years later, Us Weekly confirms. “From Team Amy – with all that is going on in our world ...

The New Year is a time to evaluate and to take steps to improve our lives. Obviously, birth is the ultimate new beginning, and it is appropriate that this month is National Birth Defects Awareness ...

While prenatal screening and diagnostic tests detect most birth defects, there are many conditions that simply can’t be diagnosed during pregnancy because of the nature of the condition. Share on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This study is first of its kind showing such an effect of paternal exposure,” Maarten J. Wensink, MD, PhD, ...