A baby girl born extremely prematurely has been allowed home after becoming the first in Scotland to undergo pioneering ...

When Megan Wild delivered her son Luciano, she experienced not only childbirth but also a medical first. During her delivery, doctors performed open heart surgery on Luciano in the first successful ...

PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Doctors say a baby girl from Africa who's recovering from a risky surgery at a Chicago-area hospital should be able to lead a normal life. Ten-month-old Dominique was born in the ...

A Nigerian infant diagnosed with truncus arteriosus, a rare congenital heart defect, developed severe breathing problems at six weeks old. Because his Jehovah’s Witness family declined blood ...

At 19 weeks pregnant, Sarah Prowell learned her unborn son had spina bifida. Spina bifida is a birth defect caused when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly, in many cases leaving a portion ...

When I was pregnant with my fourth child, I found out he had a life-threatening heart defect. He had his first surgery at 5 days old, and I wasn't able to hold him for 55 days. A stranger said the ...

A British surgeon removed a baby's life-threatening tumor on her neck, which was the same size as her whole face. Memunatu, a 10-month-old baby girl from Port Loko, Sierra Leone, began growing a lump ...

A baby girl faced a scary medical condition. A strange growth suddenly appeared on her forehead. A week after Emory Risner was born, her parents Bree and Brody noticed a red mark.

My wife and I recently learned she’s pregnant. She’s about to begin her second trimester, and we’re both really excited. There is a bit of concern, though. During a detailed ultrasound, the doctor ...