New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in ...

According to the CDC, CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States and can have lifelong ...

Birth defects are problems which occur during fetal development in the womb. The problems can be either on the physical body or may affect the mental capabilities of the infant. Some birth defects ...

A person's genetic makeup is determined at conception. It is then, during the nuclear events of fertilization, that the genetic causes of many birth defects are determined.For example, chromosomal ...

A leading cause of birth defects is a virus that many expectant parents have never heard about. That may change soon thanks to the advocacy of parents whose children suffered birth defects due to ...

The deformities are structural or functional anomalies that occur during intrauterine life. The most common severe birth defects are heart defects, neural tube defects and down syndrome, but there ...

Some studies have raised concerns about a potential link between the widely used type 2 diabetes drug metformin and an increased risk of conceiving a baby with birth defects. But new research now ...

Birth defects are the leading cause of infant death in the United States. More than 4,000 babies die each year from birth defects, or congenital malformations, which account for almost 20% of all ...

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 ...

Awareness Month, and many parents have never even heard of it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States ...