As of 2005, 83% of babies with critical congenital heart defects were expected to live past one year, up from 67% in 1993.

Doctors and specialists at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, are studying and reprogramming ...

In patients with familial PAH, SMAD5 appears to be a novel gene that warrants consideration for genetic testing, according to ...

“Birth defects can also occur among mothers who smoke or consume alcohol during pregnancy. Such habits have detrimental effects on the foetus, including impaired development and a higher risk of ...

Researchers have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish. They discovered that the protein Hmga1 plays a key role in heart regeneration in zebrafish. In mice, this ...

Children's Wisconsin and UW Health have entered into a joint venture merging their congenital heart disease programs to better help children born with heart defects. The two health systems hope to ...

Everyone together at home for Christmas. That's the wish for one Cape Coral family since they were blessed with twins in the ...

The pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia has traditionally been thought to result from placental dysfunction; however, a ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Wisconsin's two largest children's hospitals, American Family Children's Hospital and Children's Wisconsin, are forming a new partnership to treat congenital heart disease, the most ...

Experts will work to help treat congenital heart disease, one of the most common birth defects in the United States. The heart structure or function or blood vessels near the heart are affected.

Dr Daniel Cortez at the UC Davis Medical Center in California carried out the implant, the patient can participate in gym class & even signed up for the soccer team.