Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new ...

Three-year-old Monroe Reese survived four congenital heart defects and a 12-hour open-heart surgery as a newborn. Now he's a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Newborns with congenital heart disease, especially isolated valve or vessel lesions, may be at increased risk ...

Every year, 40,000 babies are born with congenital heart defects. When Jack Stonex was born nine years ago, he was one of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her baby will be born with a heart defect, a U.S. government study finds. Using a ...

A federal advisory panel led by a Duke University doctor is recommending that more hospitals use a simple, painless test to screen for congenital heart disease in newborns. A pulse oximetry is ...

January 19, 2007 — Birth defects are leading causes of pediatric hospitalizations and medical expenditures, and account for about 20% of total infant deaths, according to findings from a study ...

The rate of congenital heart defects is higher in newborns conceived using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) than in newborns conceived without assistance. This finding comes from a ...

For many parents, the first few days after a baby is born are filled with excitement and a sense of relief. But for some families, those early moments can quickly turn into fear and confusion when ...

A leading cause of birth defects is a virus that many expectant parents have never heard about. That may change soon thanks to the advocacy of parents whose children suffered birth defects due to the ...

Newborns with congenital heart defects may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer compared to children born without a heart abnormality. Congenital heart defects in newborns may also signal ...