Lyric Mariah Heard spoke with "Good Morning America" about her life as a model born with a rare birth defect and using humor to destigmatize limb differences.

The patient, whose extraordinary medical case first appeared in the 'British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology,' in 1988, ...

Babies born with heart defects may be at increased risk for cancer within the first 10 years of life, according to new ...

A 15-year-old girl from Lesotho, with no vaginal opening due to a rare birth defect, became pregnant after suffering stab wounds following oral sex. Medical experts believe sperm entered her ...

Among vaccinated people, no differences were seen in the prevalence of birth defects by brand. (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 vaccination in early pregnancy (≤20 weeks of gestation) is not ...

Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new ...

When Sophie Ottaway was born a boy in 1986, a rare birth defect meant that doctors pushed for immediate surgery that would alter her gender from male to female, warning her mother and father that ...

Babies born through fertility treatment are at greater risk of a rare combination of birth defects, scientists have discovered. The condition, which involves problems with the bladder and genitals ...