More than 67000 babies are born in India each day and most of them are healthy. India is on the second number depending on the population but it does lack a few medical health facilities that are ...

A birth defect is an abnormality of appearance, structure or function seen in any organ, and is present at birth. It is estimated that approximately 3% of live-born infants show one or more ...

The majority of congenital anomalies have no clear cause and some are genetic, others may be associated with the mother's health during pregnancy. Environmental factors can contribute to the ...

In a rare case of birth defects, a child in Madhya Pradesh was born with a horn-like structure instead of legs. The incident was reported from Manpura Primary Health Center, in central India's ...

A congenital heart defect is a condition you’re born with. Types of heart defects vary in severity — with some, you’ll need surgery as a child, while others don’t need treatment until later in life or ...

Scientists used Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (LTEM) to visualize topological defects. They were able to do so by passing electrons and observing their deflections through a thin magnetic ...