A new study led by the University of California, Irvine has revealed a potential shift in our basic knowledge of the origins of birth defects, which affect about 3 percent of babies born in the United ...

The term 'Congenital' refers to 'at birth.' Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is defined as a structural problem with the heart that a person is born with. According to experts, this problem is present ...

The study is the largest of its kind, and provides the most detailed information to date on types of birth defects that befall the infants of diabetic mothers, including heart defects, missing kidneys ...

A joint study conducted by researchers from the universities of Liverpool and Manchester has found a link between birth defects and certain types of epilepsy medication. For most women who have ...

Dealing with diabetes while you’re pregnant is a high-risk situation. Women who have diabetes are more likely to give birth to babies with birth defects and it is also a health risk for a mum. The two ...

An expecting mother has several things to worry about, including birth defects. Questions like, ‘What if my baby has a heart defect?’ or ‘What if they are born with a cleft lip or palate?’ can be ...

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 ...

For all the women thinking of getting pregnant or expecting, it is extremely important to know and understand the risk of birth defects. While they cannot always be prevented, experts say there are a ...

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 ...

HYDERABAD: Heart is the greatest asset of the human body but what if it has defects right from birth? A condition that impacts eight out of every 1,000 newborns worldwide, ‘congenital heart defects’ ...

LOS ANGELES - Consuming opioid pain relievers such as codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone just before pregnancy or early in pregnancy increases the risk of certain birth defects, especially congenital ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. According to an Australian study, Vitamin B3, found in green vegetables and Vegemite, could be a way to ...