Congenital heart defect is the most common birth defect,” said Cortes, who co-chairs the patient and family advisory board of the Adult Congenital Heart Association. “I would encourage them to ...

We write to give a voice to some of our nation’s most vulnerable – infants, children and adults with disabilities, birth defects and blood disorders. Established by Congress as part of the ...

Nearly a fifth of the pregnant people, around 7,600 ... most vulnerable periods of pregnancy for harmful exposures and birth defects — the researchers said, with 19,000 not receiving a vaccine ...

Pregnant people are most vulnerable to these exposures ... alcohol and smoking are some of the most preventable causes of birth defects or disabilities. In some cases, prenatal exposure to alcohol ...

He added that the increased risk of birth defects seen in previous research ... before taking metformin, people are recommended to tell their doctor if they plan to become pregnant, are pregnant ...

According to the South Carolina Department of Public Health, birth defects are the leading cause of infant deaths in South ...

The CDC states that other factors that may increase a person’s risk of having a baby with a birth defect include: A review from 2022 found that people with gestational diabetes were at increased ...

Researchers found no difference in the prevalence of birth defects between people who were and were not vaccinated. They also did not find a difference in safety outcomes between the two ...