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Exomphalos / Omphalocele

Exomphalos is a birth disorder in which the abdominal contents herniate into the umbilical cord through the umbilical ring.

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World Birth Defects Day: Why are Birth Defects So Common in Low and Middle-Income Countries?

World Birth Defects Day: Why are Birth Defects So Common in Low and Middle-Income Countries?

Children born with birth defects tend to face a higher risk of health problems throughout their life. The World Health Organization (WHO) has underlined the urgent need for countries in the Southeast Asia region and globally to strengthen health ...

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National Birth Defects Awareness Month 2023

National Birth Defects Awareness Month 2023

Highlights: Birth defects are any abnormalities that occur during birth They can be caused by genetic differences or environmental factors. They are prevalent; each year, 3-4% of babies are born with some form of birth defect ...

Likely Cause of Common Penis Birth Defect Identified

Likely Cause of Common Penis Birth Defect Identified

Hypospadias, the most common genital malformation in male babies is due to environmental factors, such as toxicant exposure, which alter epigenetic programming in a forming penis, stated a new study. Conversely, epigenetic alternations were ...

Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Birth Defects in Fetal Ultrasound Images

Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Birth Defects in Fetal Ultrasound Images

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can identify rare, life-threatening disorders and birth defects in fetal ultrasound scans, reveals a new study. Can AI Read Ultrasound Images? In a new proof-of-concept study led by Dr. Mark Walker at the ...

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Researchers Reveal How Epilepsy Medication Causes Birth Defects

Researchers Reveal How Epilepsy Medication Causes Birth Defects

Valproic Acid (VPA) puts some cells of the developing nervous system into senescence, a kind of halted state that keeps them from growing and dividing correctly, as per the study publishing in journal PLOS Biology by Bill Keyes. VPA — a drug ...

Does Fathers’ Diabetes Increase the Risk of Birth Defects on Babies?

Does Fathers’ Diabetes Increase the Risk of Birth Defects on Babies?

Highlights: Diabetes is increasing in men of reproductive age, compromising the sperm quality The medications used to treat diabetes such as metformin could affect birth outcomes This calls for guidance from clinicians to help couples in ...

World Birth Defects Day: Defects And How to Reduce Them

World Birth Defects Day: Defects And How to Reduce Them

Birth defects are very common these days. About 3 to 6 percent of babies born each year (about 8 million) have some birth defects. These are structural changes that occur at birth and can affect any part of the body (e.g., heart, brain, leg) and can ...

Delaying Umbilical Cord Clamping Saves Babies’ Lives: Study

Delaying Umbilical Cord Clamping Saves Babies’ Lives: Study

Delay in umbilical cord clamping can lower the risk of death or major disability in children, reveals a new study. The new research, led by the University of Sydney, is a 2-year follow up of the Australian Placental Transfusion Study, the ...

Cause Of Common Zika Virus Birth Defect Revealed

Cause Of Common Zika Virus Birth Defect Revealed

A new study has identified how Zika virus (ZIKV) causes one of the most common birth defects linked to prenatal infection, called brain calcification, according to new study findings published in Nature Microbiology. "Brain ...

Antibiotics Effective After Clamping Umbilical Cord

Antibiotics Effective After Clamping Umbilical Cord

Antibiotics for cesarean section births are equally effective whether they're given before or after the umbilical cord clamping. It could benefit newborns' developing microbiomes, according to Rutgers co-authored research. The study, by far the ...

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Umbilical Cord Patch for Spinal Bifida Birth Defect

Umbilical Cord Patch for Spinal Bifida Birth Defect

Spinal bifida is a neural tube birth defect in which the spinal cord and spine don’t develop properly. Researchers conducted a clinical trial to investigate whether a patch made of umbilical cord placed on the spinal bifida defect after a minimally ...

Birth Defects Could Raise the Chance of Developing Cancer

Birth Defects Could Raise the Chance of Developing Cancer

Birth defects could raise the risk of cancer throughout life, especially during the childhood, as per the study published in The BMJ . The researchers found a continued increased risk of cancer in people who had been born with both ...

Genetic Disorders can be Treated Using Umbilical Cord Blood

Genetic Disorders can be Treated Using Umbilical Cord Blood

Highlights The race for a universal treatment of rare genetic diseases, has been on for many years now The new treatment regimen uses banked cord blood from the umbilical cord and placentas of healthy babies, that are frozen immediately ...

Antibiotic Prophylaxis is Given After Umbilical Cord Clamping: Fresh Insights

Antibiotic Prophylaxis is Given After Umbilical Cord Clamping: Fresh Insights

In C-sections, it is safe to give antibiotics to mothers after umbilical cord clamping, to avoid exposure of the newborns to the antibiotics, stated study by Dr Rami Sommerstein, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, and colleagues from ...

New Test Predicts Which Drugs, Chemicals Cause Birth Defects

New Test Predicts Which Drugs, Chemicals Cause Birth Defects

Screening platform named devTOX quickPredict (devTOXqP) developed by Stemina Biomarker Discovery, has the ability to predict developmental toxicity in humans with high accuracy using a cell-based test. In a peer-reviewed article published in ...

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Pentalogy of Cantrell or thoracoabdominal syndrome is an extremely rare birth disorder involving defects in the coverings of the organs within the abdominal cavity, the heart and its covering membrane, the breastbone and diaphragm. The exact cause ...

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Umbilical Hernia - Surgical Procedure

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Amniocentesis - Animation

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Prenatal Diagnosis / Antenatal Counselling

Prenatal Diagnosis / Antenatal Counselling

Prenatal diagnosis is now possible with genetic testing and other prenatal screening procedures. Genetic testing and genetic counselling also form a part of prenatal care of a pregnant woman.

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