Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are more likely to have offspring with a congenital heart defect.

Congenital heart defects (CHD) showed clear familial clustering, with the odds rising steadily as more relatives were affected and reaching up to a 45‑fold increase when four or more relatives had CHD ...

A systematic review uncovers links between maternal smoking and tooth defects in children, from missing teeth to enamel damage, while calling for stronger research to confirm the risks. Study: The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman who smokes during pregnancy increases the risk that her child will be born with a heart defect, a new study published in Pediatrics shows. To clarify the ...

DENVER -- A decline in maternal smoking in the U.S. corresponded with a decline in infants born with gastroschisis, researchers found. In an examination of more than 25 million live births, maternal ...

(HealthDay News) — A woman’s odds of having a baby with kidney and urinary tract birth defects are higher if she’s obese, new research suggests. The findings are to be presented November 14 at the ...

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 ...

Many babies born with severe birth defects die within the first few days or weeks of life. shironosov/iStock via Getty Images Plus Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs ...

Jan. 20—January is Birth Defects Awareness Month, and a Missouri spokesperson with the March of Dimes is highlighting education and how people can show their support. Since 1938, a leading advocate of ...