A large Ben-Gurion University of the Negev study challenges concerns over common painkillers in pregnancy, finding no link to ...

A recent study has uncovered new information about orofacial development in mice that researchers believe could one day help reduce the risk of certain birth defects in humans. Cleft lip and palate ...

Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a ...

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within this demographic have at least ...

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within this demographic have at least ...

Pediatric heart defects are the most common birth defect in the world. One of those affected children is 4-year-old Conor ...

TULSA, Okla. — A local mom spreads awareness on her son's birth defect that is not well known, but the CDC says is more common than Down syndrome. The CDC says hypospadias is a birth defect in boys ...

"But currently, pregnant people in the U.S. are being relegated into such a placebo group—denied simple, low-cost procedures that could save their children from birth defects." Without systematic ...

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