About one in every 1,000 people is born with spina bifida, but few develop this specific form of the condition. Reading time 2 minutes Doctors have documented a young boy born with an eye-catching ...

A task force set up by the National Academy of Medical Sciences says adding folic acid and vitamin B12 to tea could help prevent thousands of neural tube defects serious birth defects affecting the br ...

Birth defects are associated with increased cancer risk in the general pediatric population, yet their impact on leukemia risk in children with Down syndrome (DS) remains uncertain. We assessed this ...

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 ...

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Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. It is not usually associated with birth defects. However, some research indicates it may increase the risk of certain ...

Two-thirds of women in their child-bearing years have an increased risk for birth defects due to a lifestyle factor they can change, a new study says. These risk factors -- low levels of vitamin B9 ...

To describe the prevalence and death rate of birth defects from population-based surveillance in Hunan Province, China. Data were obtained from the population-based Birth Defects Surveillance System ...