When a child is diagnosed with a heart defect, most parents are hit with the same fearful thought, “Will my child ever grow out of this?” It’s a deeply human reaction, one that mixes love, worry, and ...

One of my abiding memories of the politics class at my high school was when we learnt about Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), the feminist and author of The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist ...

Hypospadias affects the urethra, foreskin and curvature of the penis, and is usually altered in surgery as a baby.

The Trump administration has pledged to conduct its own studies, but research continues to contradict its claims.

Maternal thyroid function or the status of common thyroid autoantibodies during early pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk for birth defects in children; however, positivity for thyroid ...

(Eric Gay, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Birth defects affect millions of families worldwide each year, shaping lives long before a child ...

A child born with a serious birth defect can face challenges throughout life, and a University of South Florida researcher wants to employ better methods to track trends and identify health issues ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – January is National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Greater awareness can help improve the lives of those living with these conditions and widen the network of support. In ...

Nine studies were included, selected from 6,002 articles, comprising seven cohort studies and two case-control studies. These studies covered 40,218 patients exposed to macrolide antibiotics in early ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — According to the CDC, a baby is born with a major birth defect every 4.5 minutes in the U.S. North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is recognizing National Birth Defects ...