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 ...

Approximately 8 out of every 1,000 newborns are affected by a congenital heart defect. CHDs remain the most common type of ...

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 ...

Learning that your child has a birth defect affecting the face or skull can feel overwhelming. Conditions such as cleft lip, ...

Anyone who looks at the creation of a human baby as it develops in the womb, is fascinated by the immensely complex process that is at play here. It is therefore not surprising that birth defects can ...

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 — ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - January is the month to raise awareness about birth defects, how to prevent them, and how to support those affected. A birth defect is a health condition a baby develops before birth ...

Pregnant women who take the anti-malarial drug Malarone (known generically as atovaquone-proguanil) during their first trimester might not be increasing their baby's risk of birth defects. Caused by a ...

Approximately 1 in 10 of pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections in the U.S. had a baby or fetus with birth defects in 2016, according to a new Vital Signs report from the CDC. In 2016, nearly 1 ...

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within this demographic have at least ...