A blood test clarifies which gene variants truly cause congenital heart defects, linking diagnosis to more precise ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Until Jennifer Cortes joined a patient advocacy ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are among the most common birth defects, affecting nearly 1 in 100 babies born in the U.S. Yet despite advances in prenatal imaging, CHD remains one of the most ...

Anemia in pregnancy can raise the risk of heart defects in the child, a recent U.K.-based study found.

Artificial intelligence can help doctors detect fetal heart defects, improving newborns' chances of survival, a new study says. AI-aided analysis of prenatal ultrasounds detected heart defects more ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

The Division of Congenital Heart Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital offers every procedure available for the treatment of congenital heart disease and defects. As a part of Texas Children’s Heart ...

The actor was diagnosed with the conditions years before he died this week at 54.

MADISON (WKOW) -- We are in the midst of Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. 1 in 100 babies will be born with a CHD. That includes Amber Noggle's 5-year-old son, Dax. He was born with Tetralogy ...