Quails are small, plump birds that scurry through grasslands on foot rather than take to the skies. Unexpectedly, studying these ground-dwellers has helped scientists uncover clues about a type of ...

Every year in Nigeria, nearly 11,000 babies are born with severe birth defects that experts say could largely be prevented. Millions more children suffer impaired brain development, while countless ...

How did your heart form? What triggered your first heartbeat? To this day, the mechanisms of human heart development remain elusive. Researchers know the heart is the first organ to fully function in ...

Neural tube defects, such as Spina bifida, are one of the leading congenital disorders (affecting about one in 1,000 live births worldwide) and are associated with the junctional neurulation. Though ...

The New Year is a time to evaluate and to take steps to improve our lives. Obviously, birth is the ultimate new beginning, and it is appropriate that this month is National Birth Defects Awareness ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's use of decongestant medications in the first trimester of pregnancy may raise her child's risk of certain rare birth defects, according to a small study. Some ...

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 ...

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.