Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are more likely to have offspring with a congenital heart defect.

A Congenital Heart Walk will be held in Gilbert on Sept. 21 at Gilbert Regional Park. It is one of 33 heart walks held across the country for an issue the CDC says is the most common type of birth ...

The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has launched a $50 million center to study congenital heart disease in children, the school announced Thursday. The Garrett Isaac ...

Adults with both Down syndrome and congenital heart defects, also known as congenital heart disease (CHD), are showing remarkable resilience despite facing significant medical challenges, according to ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- As we wrap up Heart Month, Dr. Cassandra Sung, a pediatric cardiologist with SSM Health, joined 27 News at 4 to talk about how congenital heart defects affect children and the ...

Infants of mothers with diabetes have a three- to five-fold increased risk of congenital heart defects. Such developmental defects are likely caused by a combination of genetic and environmental ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The inaugural Congenital Heart Walk is set to take place this weekend in West Palm Beach, marking the first time the event has been held in South Florida. Organized by ...

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 ...

New ACC/AHA guidelines provide updated management strategies for the growing population of adults living with congenital heart disease.

New ACC/AHA guidelines update management of adults with congenital heart defects but highlight the shortage of specialists ...