When does your baby develop a heartbeat? A baby's heartbeat (at this point a fluttering of cells) starts as early as to 4 weeks after conception or 6 weeks after the first day of the last menstrual ...

Congenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition ...

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 ...

Aitor Aguirre receives funding from the NIH, AHA, Corewell-MSU Alliance Foundation and HVI. Aleksandra Kostina and Brett Volmert do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

Everyone has, at some point in their life, held a baby in their arms. They could be your children, grandchildren, niece or nephew or siblings. Have you ever stopped to wonder how many things must have ...

A St. Paul family is raising awareness about congenital heart defects among the youngest Minnesotans. A baby is born with a heart defect every 15 minutes, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...