Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in the United States. For newborns with the most severe ...

Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a ...

When we think about heart problems, we usually picture adults dealing with cholesterol or high blood pressure. But here’s the thing, some kids are actually born with heart conditions, called ...

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within this demographic have at least ...

A large Ben-Gurion University of the Negev study challenges concerns over common painkillers in pregnancy, finding no link to ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Until Jennifer Cortes ...

As a first-time mother, Kristen Duklewski followed the pregnancy books to the letter. But the news that her newborn son, Dylan, had a cleft lip caught her off guard. The common birth defect quickly ...

Hypospadias is one of the most common birth anomalies there is. It occurs in 1 out of every 125 to 250 boys, although mild forms of hypospadias may be even more common than this. Hypospadias is a ...

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within this demographic have at least ...

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