Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges ...

A population-based cohort study found that pregnant people who used benzodiazepines during the first trimester were not at a ...

A new study reveals a potential shift in our basic knowledge of the origins of birth defects and offer new targets for early detection and prevention strategies. Birth defects affect about 3% of ...

A sixteen-year retrospective cohort study in Senegal found that 19.1 percent of children with congenital anomalies of the ...

A Professor of Surgery at the University of Ibadan, Taiwo Lawal, has warned that mortality among children born with certain gastrointestinal birth defects reaches 40 per cent in low-income countries, ...

First-trimester mRNA COVID-19 vaccine exposure is not associated with an increased risk for selected major structural birth defects, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Pediatrics.

A new study led by the University of California, Irvine has revealed a potential shift in our basic knowledge of the origins of birth defects, which affect about 3 percent of babies born in the United ...

The birth defects were more likely, but still very uncommon, in infants conceived through certain fertility treatments, a large study found. By Teddy Rosenbluth Major heart defects are more common — ...

This month the WHO came out with “Birth defects surveillance: Atlas of selected congenital anomalies.” This guide, with illustrations and photographs of common birth defects, is a supplement to the ...

As a health care professional, one of the most important parts of working with pregnant patients is helping them to identify the development of birth defects. This can be a challenging endeavor, as ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the ...