Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have identified genetic mechanisms involved in heart defects that develop in some fetuses born to diabetic women. They discovered these mechanisms at work in a ...

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 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 ...

Every year on World Birth Defects Day (March 3), global health bodies like the World Health Organization promote awareness around congenital anomalies, a group of structural and functional disorders ...

(CNN) — Some studies have raised concerns about a potential link between the widely used type 2 diabetes drug metformin and an increased risk of conceiving a baby with birth defects. But new research ...

Acyanotic heart disease is a type of congenital heart defect that causes abnormal blood flow. It can range from mild to severe. Babies with the condition can seem out of breath and fatigued.

Data scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and colleagues have created an artificial intelligence model that may more accurately predict which existing medicines, not ...

The CDC is urging manufacturers of a type of flour used to make foods like tortillas and tamales to add folic acid to help lower the risk of some birth defects in the Hispanic population. The Centers ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Newer antidepressant drugs may increase the risk of birth defects but the risk remains very remote, according to two new studies published on Thursday. Sign up here. The drugs, ...

February is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness month, which is important to acknowledge because congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect. There are many different types ranging in ...