Infectious diseases such as gonorrhea or chlamydia are often overlooked factors that affect fertility in men. Accumulating evidence suggests that a common single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma ...

The only facility in Maine offering congenital heart surgery and fetal cardiac care is growing, and that growth is giving families like the Campbell family from Greene hope close to home.

The discovery marks a major advancement in understanding and potentially preventing this common birth defect, which affects an estimated 13 babies daily in the UK. Congenital heart disease arises ...

This National Birth Defects Awareness Month ... (Pexels) She elaborated, “Common chromosomal anomalies encompass Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome), and Trisomy 13 ...

The birth defects were more likely ... By Teddy Rosenbluth Major heart defects are more common — but still rare — in babies conceived through certain fertility treatments, including in ...

Severe birth defects have become increasingly common as new research points to fentanyl misuse as a new possible cause. Recently, at least 30 infants across the US have been born with “fetal ...

Congenital toxoplasmosis may be more common than believed Some have argued ... low-cost procedures that could save their children from birth defects.” ...

TULSA, Okla. — A local mom spreads awareness on her son's birth defect that is not well known, but the CDC says is more common than Down syndrome. The CDC says hypospadias is a birth defect in ...

A recent study has uncovered new information about orofacial development in mice that researchers believe could one day help reduce the risk of certain birth defects in humans. Cleft lip and ...

MISSION, Kan., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- (Family Features) Birth defects, structural changes that affect one or more parts of the body, are the leading cause of infant mortality. A ...