Puzzling new research suggests women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects. It's a surprise finding. Psychiatrists from the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, who ...

Population study shows lower rate of certain congenital defects in babies of better-fed moms before pregnancy A relatively healthy diet before pregnancy is linked to a lower rate of certain heart ...

Embryos that are often discarded by IVF clinics because they contain some seemingly abnormal cells are just as likely to develop into healthy babies as embryos with no chromosomal abnormalities, two ...

Cyanotic heart disease is a condition that occurs when the child's blood does not carry enough oxygeniStock In recent years, there has been an increasing number of heart ailments in the younger ...

Your pediatrician listens to your child's heart with a stethoscope to assess its function and health. They hear the first and second heartbeats caused by the valves closing, but they also listen for ...

The number of newborn babies abandoned because of abnormalities and congenital diseases is increasing at a worrying rate. "Tourist mothers" try to give birth in the Territory to guarantee their ...