Ultrasounds can detect hundreds of deformities, but not babies missing eyes. Jan. 28, 2010— -- When Taylor Garrison gave birth in October, she was astonished that doctors whisked her daughter, ...

A new publication offers an extensive examination of clubfoot, a congenital deformity known as congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV), affecting about 0.3% of all live births. Clubfoot is characterized ...

Each year, 41,000 babies in Vietnam are born with defects. IVF and gene screening are offering families hope for healthy ...

The New Year is a time to evaluate and to take steps to improve our lives. Obviously, birth is the ultimate new beginning, and it is appropriate that this month is National Birth Defects Awareness ...

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have identified genetic mechanisms involved in heart defects that develop in some fetuses born to diabetic women. They discovered these mechanisms at work in a ...

Blood vessel changes in the eye mirror brain damage in mice with a gene variant linked to dementia, potentially offering ...

This article originally appeared on Health. A new memoir by Prince’s ex-wife Mayte Garcia, excerpted by People, reveals that the couple’s infant son—who died in 1996 at just 6 days old—had Pfeiffer ...

A local rescue dog who had been looking for his “forever family” for three long years is now happily at home. One glance at Marky Mark, and you can tell there’s something a little different about him.