Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC. About one in four infants with a congenital heart ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

A birth defect, or congenital anomaly, is any medical condition a person has from birth. Congenital means acquired in the womb. These medical conditions range from mild to more severe. Some affect the ...

At present 40 per cent of congenital deafness is inexplicable. The effect of rubella on the frequency of congenital deafness was studied five years after an epidemic of rubella in an island population ...