One in 45 babies delivered in 2020 in England was born with a congenital anomaly, according to the findings of a new report from NHS Digital. The rate represents a 9% increase in the 5 years since the ...

A Chennai hospital successfully treated an 11-year-old boy with a rare kidney condition using advanced robotic surgery techniques.

Whether these particular images showing the syndrome are genuine. In April 2018, a set of images purportedly showing a hand with eight fingers and no thumbs started to go viral: Although these images ...

Four U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation to ensure health insurance coverage for individuals born with congenital anomalies or birth defects. The “Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act” would close a ...

The doctors of Karnataka Medical College and Research Institute (KMCRI) here have successfully operated on a case of ‘foetus in foetu’, a rare congenital anomaly in which a malformed foetus grows ...

Mermaid syndrome, or sirenomelia, is a set of genetic abnormalities that cause a baby to be born with fused limbs, which may resemble a mermaid’s tail. The condition is very rare, with only 300 ...

Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) encompass a wide spectrum of malformations resulting from disruptions during renal and urinary tract development. These defects range from ...

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a rare congenital anomaly in which an embryo’s brain does not properly divide into two halves, known as the left and right hemispheres. HPE affects brain development and can ...

This miracle tot’s harrowing “tail” got cut a little short. Doctors were flabbergasted over the case of a Brazilian boy, who was one of very few babies ever to be born with a true human tail — a “rare ...