Researchers have discovered that a gene linked to congenital heart disease acts like an architect for the heart cell's DNA.

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Patients born with heart defects experience their first acute heart attack at a significantly earlier age than others. This is shown by a new national study from Lund University in Sweden. However, ...

Congenital heart disease affects approximately two in every 100 newborns globally. But why does it occur? An important part ...

The children of mothers born with heart defects face a higher risk of being developmentally vulnerable, meaning they face challenges related to physical health, emotional maturity and communication, ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common form of human birth defect, but we still don't fully understand what causes them. Previous research had suggested that some heart defects could be ...

Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal ...

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 ...

A Texas judge has handed McKenna West, an Alaska nurse serving as a surrogate mother, a major legal win, ensuring her baby — who was diagnosed with a serious congenital heart defect — receives ...

Dextrocardia is a rare congenital condition in which the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest rather than the left, and it may not be diagnosed until adulthood. Connor O’Brien, MD, ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene linked to congenital heart disease acts like an architect for the heart cell’s DNA.