Each year, 41,000 babies in Vietnam are born with defects. IVF and gene screening are offering families hope for healthy ...

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 ...

The most recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reveals cases of gastroschisis, a serious birth defect of the abdominal wall, have more than doubled over the past 18 years in the U.S. Babies ...

Newborns with a heart defect may have two strikes against their future health, rather than one. Babies with heart birth defects appear to have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer, compared to ...

MotherToBaby, a service of the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), today announced the launch of two brand new resource hubs—a dedicated webinar repository and a collection of ...

Mom-and-pop shops will be exempt from this change, but big manufacturers in California will need to start adding folic acid ...

Two of three women of childbearing age in the United States are at heightened risk for birth defects due to at least one environmental or lifestyle factor — but these factors are modifiable, new ...

Amber Boyd adopted the child after caring for her for a year in the hospital. — -- A pediatric nurse from New Mexico has adopted one of her tiny patients, who spent over a year in the hospital.

Changes are coming to tortillas in California in the new year, with a new law requiring manufacturers to add folic acid to ...

California now requires tortillas to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in the Latino community, where ...