Congenital heart defects are the most common form of human birth defect, but we still don't fully understand what causes them. Previous research had suggested that some heart defects could be ...

One to two out of every 100 newborn babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), yet the exact cause remains unclear ...

Congenital heart defects (CHD) represent the most common congenital malformations globally and constitute a leading cause of neonatal mortality, with early maternal risk factors playing significant ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common form of human birth defect, but we still don’t fully understand what causes them. Previous research had suggested that some heart defects could be ...

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS (right), is a pediatric cardiologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior author of the study that found that babies who did not respond to increased oxygen and ...

Planning a pregnancy is an exciting phase. But it is also a time to pause, prepare, and focus on your health. What many couples don’t realise is that a mother’s health before conception plays a major ...

Autism spectrum disorders are complex neurodevelopmental conditions affecting about 1 in 100 children worldwide. Early diagnosis would allow timely intervention to improve the development and quality ...

Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart’s major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to ...

Infants of mothers with diabetes have a three- to five-fold increased risk of congenital heart defects. Such developmental defects are likely caused by a combination of genetic and environmental ...