Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Congenital optic disc abnormalities are often discovered late, increasing the risk for complications and poor ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association, along with several other leading medical associations, have issued a new guideline for managing congenital heart disease in ...

A 6-week-old female infant was admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital because of choking while feeding. The mother and father, 27 and 28 years of age, respectively, were healthy. The pregnancy ...

On World Birth Defects Day, India's congenital anomalies burden is spotlighted with roughly 472,000 affected births annually, ...

Women who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) early in their pregnancies may be more likely to give birth to babies with congenital defects, particularly cardiac septal defects. Women ...

Children with neurodevelopmental disorders report congenital abnormalities, such as defects of the heart and/or urinary tract, at least ten times more frequent compared to other children. This is one ...

A new study published in the journal of Communications Medicine showed that infants born to mothers with renal disease are ...

A report from the New England Journal of Medicine has confirmed that the Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and other birth defects. The Zika virus has been confirmed as a cause of microcephaly and ...

A congenital birth defect, also known as a congenital anomaly, is a condition that is present at birth due to structural deformities in the development of a fetus. Common examples of congenital birth ...

Q: My neighbor’s baby was born with the “cry of the cat” syndrome. What is this? A: Cri-du-chat syndrome (CdCS), French for "cry of the cat," is due to a genetic mutation discovered by Dr. Lejeune in ...