The singer's daughter, who has Down syndrome, was diagnosed with a ventricular septal defect just after she was born in 2014 ...

MEDICAL REPORTER MINDY BECERRA JOINS US WITH ONE YOUNG GIRL’S STORY. MINDY. ASHLEY. ONE CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT IS WHAT’S COMMONLY CALLED A HOLE IN THE HEART. OFTEN CHILDREN HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, BUT IF ...

Matilda went under the knife at just five days old ...

Every year, more than 12,000 Australians undergo open heart surgery—an hours-long medical procedure during which surgeons go inside the chest cavity and repair faulty heart valves or bypass blocked ...

More than two decades ago, doctors told my mother, Barb Barnes, that she needed open-heart surgery. While the news was difficult to hear, it wasn't shocking. She'd gone from running up and down ...