Researchers investigating a widely used medication have uncovered an unexpected cellular process that may interfere with ...

Severe birth defects have become increasingly common as new research points to fentanyl misuse as a new possible cause. Recently, at least 30 infants across the US have been born with “fetal fentanyl ...

(Eric Gay, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Birth defects affect millions of families worldwide each year, shaping lives long before a child ...

Junctional neural tube defect caused by Prickle1 disruption as seen using advanced imaging.(Photo credit: Dr Jian Xiong Wang ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...

Evidence is mounting that the Zika virus causes a debilitating birth defect, but the World Health Organization is not prepared to confirm such a link. Zika has spread to more than 50 countries and ...

Medically reviewed by Sanaz Ghazal, MD Key Takeaways Unisom is safe to use during pregnancy and does not increase the risk of birth defects.Taking Unisom with vitamin B6 can help with nausea and ...

A leading cause of birth defects is a virus that many expectant parents have never heard about. That may change soon thanks to the advocacy of parents whose children suffered birth defects due to the ...

The Zika virus is putting a spotlight on a potentially devastating birth defect that until now has gotten little public attention. Regardless of whether the mosquito-borne virus really causes babies ...

After the troubling discovery earlier this year that Yakima County had logged an unexpectedly high number of fatal birth defects in 2012, the state Department of Health said Tuesday that its ...