As a first-time mother, Kristen Duklewski followed the pregnancy books to the letter. But the news that her newborn son, Dylan, had a cleft lip caught her off guard. The common birth defect quickly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 20—January is Birth Defects Awareness Month, and a Missouri spokesperson with the March of Dimes is highlighting education ...

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 ...

April 20 (Reuters) - Babies conceived through certain fertility treatment techniques are about one-third more likely to have a birth defect than babies conceived without any extra help from technology ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (Family Features) Birth defects, structural changes that affect ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect, and for Billy Fennelly, Iowa State women's basketball assistant ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Cleft palates, one of the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The safety of a popular drug for seizures took another hit Wednesday when researchers pinned a handful of major birth defects on the medication. Earlier research had shown ...

More than 1,000 Arizona infants are born with birth defects every year. An average of 1,018 infants per year were born with birth defects in the state of Arizona between 2003 and 2007, according to ...