In utero embolization of fetuses with vein of Galen malformation (VOGM) was feasible, according to early results from a single-center intervention study. The three survivors out of seven participants ...

Nicotine induced defects in the frog embryo brain (center) can be rescued by transplanting an HCN2 expressing patch on the embryo far from the brain. Treated embryos are observed to have normal brain ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A new study that examined older and newer medications to treat seizures has found that using some medications during pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of malformations at birth, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) - An Indiana family is feeling extra thankful this holiday season for the doctors who helped both of their kids not only recover from serious surgery but thrive afterward. Elisa ...

Brody Shain was born with a severe bilateral cleft lip and palate, plus a birth defect that caused his brain tissue to grow through his skull NBC DFW/YouTube Brody Shain, 11 months, was born with ...

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 ...

One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...

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 ...