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 ...

Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is one of the most common birth defects, affecting approximately 1% of live births globally and accounting for more than 4.18 million cases in children under five1.

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) stand as the most prevalent type of birth defects globally. With advancements in medical care and treatment, babies born with CHDs are experiencing longer and healthier ...

Nearly 40 years ago when Lis Dreizen’s daughter Olivia was born with a congenital heart defect, doctors were grim about her chances to live. “I would cry simply looking at Olivia, and it was very hard ...

For decades, it was impossible for clinicians to know which babies with major heart defects might eventually have ...

Resilience and a high quality of life are demonstrated by many individuals born with heart defects; however, they may face a range of health-related psychological and social challenges throughout ...

When Aleasha Shorts delivered fraternal twins in 2016, she was oblivious to the hurdles she would face. The babies were born in Hamilton, Ont., and her son weighed “exactly two kilograms” (4.4 pounds) ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown that a genetic mutation that causes congenital heart disease also ...

At three months old, Roman is rambunctious, keeping mom Justina Spencer and dad Georges Bilodeau on their toes. “He’s a very happy baby, he smiles a lot. We think he’s just on the cusp of laughing, he ...

Babies born to mothers with low iron levels are far more likely to suffer heart defects, 'game-changing' research has revealed. Scientists now estimate that anaemia in pregnant women may be to blame ...

A nationwide Danish study suggests the risk for dementia is about 60% higher in adult survivors of congenital heart disease (CHD) than in the general population. [1] Further, risk was 160%, or 2.6 ...