When Oksana Masters crossed the finish line to capture her 10th Paralympic gold medal on March 6th, it was just another amazing chapter in a book filled with them.

WARNING: Upsetting content. A Winter Paralympics hero has won yet another gold medal after she endured a harrowing ordeal as ...

A COMMON childhood illness Anna Martin caught during pregnancy caused her daughter Genevieve to be born with lifelong disabilities – despite being reassured by doctors that it was ...

A WEYMOUTH mouth-painting artist is set to showcase his work on the world stage as part of a major London exhibition celebrating 70 years of ...

Scientists are moving toward a genetic test that could help thousands of mothers with epilepsy safely take life-saving medication without fear of it causing birth defects in their children. Valproic ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — In the newest episode of 12 Health, one New Bedford family shares their experience with a rare and often undiagnosed hidden birth defect called laryngeal cleft.

(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 ...

The American Heart Association is spotlighting congenital heart disease (CHD)—the most common birth defect in the U.S. In this inspiring segment, local mom Misty and her daughter Piper share their ...

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 ...

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 ...