Marijuana is often mistakenly viewed as a "safe" drug.

Medical checkups and screening tests help keep you and your baby healthy during pregnancy.

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a heart condition that is present at birth, and often is called a congenital heart defect.

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a heart condition that is present at birth and often is called a congenital defect. A VSD occurs when t...

Tetralogy of Fallot is a problem with the heart's structure that is present at birth. This defect changes the normal flow of blood through t...

Anencephaly is a birth defect that affects the closing of the neural tube during pregnancy.

An omphalocele is a birth defect in which the infant's intestine or other organs within the abdomen stick out of the belly button or navel i...

Upper and lower limb reduction defects occur when a part of or the entire arm (upper limb) or leg (lower limb) of a fetus fails to form comp...

Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition that is associated with intellectual disability, a characteristic facial appearance, and poor muscl...

To understand Down syndrome, it is necessary to understand how a baby develops. Each baby starts developing when he or she receives 23 chrom...