A high school student-athlete with a potentially life-threatening heart defect had no symptoms and only learned of his condition through a screening required by Florida law. The state’s Second Chance Act went into effect July 1 ahead of the 2026-2027 school year and requires students in grades 9 through 12 to undergo at least one electrocardiogram (ECG) … Read more
A baby at the center of a bitter legal battle over whether he should have been aborted was born this week with a serious and rare heart defect. Surrogate McKenna West was about 20 weeks pregnant when the baby she was carrying, Gabriel, was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital heart defect that … Read more
Honda is recalling nearly 99,000 vehicles in the U.S. over a defect that could cause airbags to deploy unexpectedly during a crash. The recall covers an estimated 98,892 Honda and Acura vehicles from model years 2016 through 2026, according to a May 21 notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Federal safety regulators … Read more
That’s doggone wild. A dog born with a spare penis had to undergo emergency surgery to relieve him of his sex-tra appendage so it wouldn’t encumber him. “I’ve never seen this condition before,” the surgeon, Dr. Lauren McNamara, wrote in a viral Instagram post last week. The extra-endowed canine, fittingly named Willy Wonka, had reportedly been handed … Read more
Ford is recalling almost 1.4 million of its F-150 pickup trucks in the US because of a gearshift issue that may lead to the loss of control of vehicles and increasing the risk of a crash. The automaker is aware of two injuries and one accident possibly related to the issue. The recall includes F-150 … Read more
Hailey Bieber has really opened up — and luckily, so did her uterus. On an episode of the podcast “She MD” this week, the beauty entrepreneur sat down with co-hosts Mary Alice Haney and Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, who also happens to be Bieber’s OBGYN, to go deep on her medical history — including her recent pregnancy. … Read more
Babies conceived via assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization, have a 36% higher risk of developing a major heart defect than children conceived naturally, a new study finds. Still, heart defects are relatively rare. The study authors found them in 1.15% of naturally conceived babies and 1.84% of babies born after assisted reproduction. … Read more