AURORA, Colo. -- For a two-and-a-half-month-old baby, Huntleigh has gone through a lot. She was born with her organs outside her body due to a rare birth defect called Omphalocele. "Omphalocele is a ...

A lab-grown oesophagus that can restore swallowing has been created by British scientists in a breakthrough that could transform treatment for babies born with severe birth defects. Researchers at ...

WASHINGTON — The Zika virus is putting a spotlight on a potentially devastating birth defect that until now has gotten little public attention. Regardless of whether the mosquito-borne virus really ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized the use of a first-of-its-kind medical device to treat infants up to one year old for a rare birth defect that causes a gap in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born with a rare heart defect, Wyatt Lopez was about a year old when he checked into the hospital. It took almost a whole year ...

Summary of Findings: Reducing Mortality and Morbidity from Birth Defects In developing countries, more than 4 million children are born each year with birth defects. As infant mortality and morbidity ...

CHARLOTTE — A year ago, Emily Ferrer wasn’t sure what the future would look like for her youngest daughter. “There was a lot of, just, the unknowns,” she told Channel 9’s Miana Massey. Halfway through ...

Iowa baby survives rare birth defect Doctors at a Des Moines hospital are celebrating the success of a new surgical approach after a baby survived a rare, life-threatening defect.