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Beta thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder. This means it's passed down through the parent’s genes. It's a form of anemia. Beta thalassemia affects the production of hemoglobin.

Detailed information on birth injury, including the most common types.

A baby may have the blood type and Rh factor of either parent, or a combination of both parents.

Detailed information on caring for babies in the NICU

Heart problems are the most common kind of birth defects. While children with some heart defects can be monitored by a doctor and treated with medicine, others will need to have surgery.

Detailed information on the most common disorders of the brain and nervous system in high-risk newborns

Detailed information on the most common digestive disorders in high-risk newborns

A diaphragmatic hernia is a birth defect. It happens in a baby during pregnancy. In this condition, there’s an opening in your baby’s diaphragm. This is the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the belly cavity. Read on to learn about symptoms and treatments, including surgery.

During pregnancy, the fetal lungs are not used for breathing - the placenta does the work of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide through the mother's circulation. With the first breaths of air the baby takes at birth, the fetal circulation changes.