One in every 33 babies is born with a birth defect. While some birth defects can be prevented, others may come as a surprise. Dr. Sarah Obican is Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and co-director of ...

Birth defects affect millions of babies each year, but many can be prevented or detected early. Experts explain why antenatal ...

New Delhi: Saima Wazed, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia, emphasised that birth defects have a significant impact on the quality of life of an individual, many of which are preventable ...

China has bolstered its birth-defect prevention system, with the country now boasting over 4,000 agencies dedicated to prenatal screening tests and more than 3,000 agencies offering pre-marital and ...

China has consistently worked to safeguard the health of newborns, leading to a significant decrease in infant and child mortality attributed to birth defects. This was reported by The Xinhua News ...

Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges that you probably didn’t prepare for when you were trying for pregnancy. Of course, you love your ...

World Birth Defects Day, marked annually on March 3, aims to raise awareness about prevention programs and improving the quality of services and care received by people with congenital anomalies, ...

Small-sized defects and less serious valve closures hardly require intervention or treatment. Moderate defects are treated temporarily with pills. If still problematic, correction or device ...

According to the CDC, a baby is born with a major birth defect every 4.5 minutes in the U.S. North Dakota Health and Human ...