Topic: Birth Defects
Today, the Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The...
Every year, there are tragic stories about young athletes who died suddenly while playing sports. Usually these are boys in their mid-teens who...
Consumption of alcohol may be legal worldwide, but that does not change the fact that alcohol can be an addictive and dangerous drug. Occasional...
Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Mondays, it's pediatrician Jennifer Shu.. . Question from Sheila in Raleigh...
A mother who refused to take her young baby home to die after she was born with a rare heart defect, has celebrated her daughter's 18th birthday...
Christina Applegate is doing it. So is Alanis Morissette. Kelly Preston and Celine Dion, too. They're all having babies after age 35.. . . . If...
The South African frog known as Xenopus laevis first became a tool of medicine in the 1940s, when the females were used in hospitals worldwide for...
EPA OKs more hazardous waste for Calif. toxic dump blamed by residents for birth defectsThe Environmental Protection Agency says a central California landfill that local residents blame for birth defects can continue accepting hazardous waste.The landfill
LONDON (Reuters) - Mothers who eat a high fat diet before and during pregnancy may be putting their offspring at risk of birth defects, scientists said on Tuesday.British researchers studying mice found that a pregnant mother's diet may interact with the
