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“Prenatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Mothers’ Reflections on Supports Needed From Diagnosis to Birth” (1998), by David T. Helm, Sara Miranda, and Naomi Angoff Chedd
By: Grace Rauch
| Published: Jun 04, 2024
On 1 February 1998, David T. Helm, Sara Miranda, and Naomi Angoff Chedd published “Prenatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome: Mothers’ Reflections on…
Down syndromeCongenital AbnormalitiesGenetic disorders in pregnancygenetic testingAmniocentesis
Transposition of the Great Arteries
By: Madeleine Howell-Moroney
| Published: Jan 24, 2022
Transposition of Great VesselsCongenital Heart DiseaseCongenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great ArteriesCongenital AbnormalitiesHeart Septal Defects
Michael R. Harrison (1943– )
By: Risa Aria Schnebly, Brianna Ellis
| Published: Aug 04, 2021
Michael R. Harrison worked as a pediatric surgeon in the US throughout the late-twentieth century and performed many fetal surgeries, including one…
Birth DefectsAbnormalities, HumanPediatric surgeonsMyelomeningoceleSpinal Dysraphism
“Fetal Surgery” (1996), by Michael R. Harrison
By: Brianna Ellis
| Published: Jul 28, 2021
In 1996, Michael R. Harrison published “Fetal Surgery” in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the article, Harrison describes the…
LiteratureFetus--SurgeryObstetrics--SurgeryFetus--Abnormalities--TreatmentFetal heart--Abnormalities--Diagnosis
The March of Dimes Foundation
By: Ajeet Bains
| Published: May 17, 2021
The March of Dimes Foundation, or the March of Dimes, is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, focused on the health of…
OrganizationsPoliomyelitisInfantile ParalysisPolioBirth Defects
William John Little (1810–1894)
By: Brianna Ellis, Alexis Darby
| Published: May 03, 2021
William John Little was one of the first orthopedic surgeons to research congenital malformations and their causes in the nineteenth century and…
Birth injuries--ComplicationsCerebral PalsyCerebral palsiedMuscle SpasticitySpasticity
“On the Influence of Abnormal Parturition, Difficult Labors, Premature Birth, and Asphyxia Neonatorum, on the Mental and Physical Condition of the Child, Especially in Relation to Deformities” (1861), by William John Little
By: Brianna Ellis
| Published: May 02, 2021
In 1861, William John Little published, “On The Influence of Abnormal Parturition, Difficult Labors, Premature Birth, and Asphyxia Neonatorum, on the…
LiteratureBirth injuries--ComplicationsCerebral PalsyCerebral palsiedMuscle Spasticity
Plowman v. Fort Madison Community Hospital (2017)
By: Victoria Higginbotham
| Published: May 23, 2019
In June 2017, the Iowa Supreme Court decided the case Plowman v. Fort Madison Community Hospital, or Plowman v. FMCH, and ruled that women who gave…
LawWrongful lifeWrongful BirthAbnormalities, HumanIowa
"Experimental Studies on Congenital Malformations" (1959), by James G. Wilson
By: Chanapa Tantibanchachai
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
The article Experimental Studies on Congenital Malformations was published in the Journal of Chronic Diseases in 1959. The author, James G. Wilson,…
LiteratureAbnormalities, HumanBirth DefectsTeratologymalformations
Methylmercury and Human Embryonic Development
By: Minai Mandana
| Published: Apr 18, 2016
Methylmercury (MeHg) is an organic form of mercury that can damage the developing brains of human fetuses. Women who consume methylmercury during…
MethylmercuryMercury in the bodyFishes--Mercury contentToxicologyMercury