Our cells constantly receive DNA damage from factors such as ultraviolet rays, irradiations, toxins and chemicals. For women, that can lead to poor egg quality, which in turn can cause infertility, ...

Colton Reale happily runs through his Brick home, no longer stopping to catch his breath. A heart transplant has changed the 5-year-old's life.

Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, ...

Three-year-old Hailey Wetmore was born with a rare birth defect. It’s called cloacal exstrophy and it impacts her excretory functions. “At first, we were told that Hailey may not live,” her mother ...

The MoU aims to provide free treatment for clubfoot, a congenital condition that affects newborn babies, ensuring immediate ...

By: Cynthia Herrington, M.D., cardiothoracic surgeon, Children’s Heart Institute, Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital ...

The ever-evolving and highly in demand technology of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can aid doctors in detecting fatal heart defects, which in turn will improve chances of newborns' survival ...

A pig gave birth to a “mutant” piglet that let out a cry that resembled that of a human child. The “human-like” piglet was the fourth in a litter of eight. None of its siblings are ...

Both studies noted larger increases in deaths among infants born with birth defects. This suggests women are delivering more babies with severe congenital malformations who have no hope of ...

1 Congenital heart defects, which are abnormalities of the heart present at birth, are the most common type of birth defect. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 ...

Both studies noted larger increases in deaths among infants born with birth defects. This suggests women are delivering more babies with severe congenital malformations who have no hope of ...

This National Birth Defects Awareness Month ... examining a few cells from an embryo to confirm the correct number of chromosomes. This allows fertility professionals to pick embryos with normal ...