A common herbicide used in the United States may be linked to an increased risk of a congenital abnormality of the nasal cavity known as choanal atresia, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other Texas institutions. The study by Dr. Philip Lupo, assistant professor of pediatrics -...
Congenital hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone deficiency at birth that, if left untreated, can lead to neurocognitive impairments in infants and children. Although the World Health Organization recommends 200-300 µg of iodine daily during pregnancy for normal fetal thyroid hormone production and...
Babies and toddlers with congenital heart disease are at an increased risk of having harmful toxins in their blood, particularly following surgery, according to research by a team at Imperial College London. The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine...
The Hormone Foundation recently released a patient guide on congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) as a companion piece to The Endocrine Society's clinical practice guideline for physicians. The patient guide describes this genetic disorder that interferes with the adrenal glands' ability to make...
I have congenital iris coloboma and had no problems socially through school but I am now 26 and for years have excluded myself from socializing as much as I probably would if I didn’t have the physical abnormality of my eye. I honestly get tired of people asking about it or yet alone staring and...