Although it may seem like an obscure problem, at least two children are diagnosed with Childhood Liver Disease in the UK every day. It can be life threatening and needs constant care, and there are over 100 different liver diseases that can affect

Syndrome and Huntingdon’s Disease.Most inherited conditions only manifest themselves in the child when both parents have the genetic disorder which causes the condition. These include sickle cell anaemia, cystic fibrosis, Tay Sachs Disease, and spinal

Although fifth disease most commonly occurs in childhood, an adult caring for a child can contract it, so what are the signs, how should you treat it, and what should you be aware of if you are expecting a baby?What is 'fifth disease'?This illness

The body called the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is supporting the widening of screening at embryo stage, for more inherited diseases and conditions.The body, set up to regulate the practice of embryo research and medical treatment

What is coeliac disease?Coeliac disease is common in babies and children as well as in adults. It’s an autoimmune disease, which means gluten (found in wheat, barley and rye) causes an immune reaction in people who suffer from the disease. If other

treatment and help from the unit i brought him home at 14 days old.Rhesus disease is usually treated in more severe cases with a transfusion. After that, providing the transfusion is successful, there are usually no traits of it left in the baby. One month

As part of our series of articles about real mothers’ experiences of pregnancy and parenthood, we hear from Eliana, who got seriously ill before she was finally diagnosed with a serious ongoing condition: celiac disease (or coeliac disease

Heart specialists are calling for greater awareness of the risks faced by pregnant women with Congenital Heart Disease. There are thought to be around 125,000 women in the UK with the condition and if they fall pregnant, they are 100 times more

Some inherited diseases could be halted using a new fertility technique that swaps DNA between eggs. The embryos, containing DNA from one man and two women, have been produced by scientists in a project that could lead to the first genetically

diagnosed with early on-set pre-eclampsia. Around 100 expectant mums in Britain suffer from the early-onset form of the disease.Despite researchers confidence in the trial, they stress that mums-to-be shouldn’t yet start asking doctors to prescribe them