Maternal thyroid hormone levels in early pregnancy were not associated with an increased risk of birth defects. The prevalence of congenital anomalies was comparable among children born to mothers who ...

Congenital heart defects (abnormalities of the heart that are present at birth) are the most common type of birth defect and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 4 ...

About 30% of deaths among children under five in Malaysia between 2018 and 2022 were related to congenital conditions.

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

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's use of decongestant medications in the first trimester of pregnancy may raise her child's risk of certain rare birth defects, according to a small study. Some ...

Know how essential nutrients during pregnancy support fetal brain development, prevent birth defects, and strengthen immunity ...

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In a recent study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, researchers from California used multimodal single-cell analysis in mice to investigate the mechanisms by which maternal diabetes ...

Hailey Bieber has really opened up — and luckily, so did her uterus. On an episode of the podcast “She MD” this week, the ...

Analysis of U.S. survey data showed that two-thirds of reproductive age women had one or more modifiable risk factors for birth defects. Common risk factors included obesity, folate concentrations ...