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 ...

Researchers investigating a widely used medication have uncovered an unexpected cellular process that may interfere with ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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, ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...