A large mixed-methods study of Chinese women finds that while nearly all know folic acid prevents neural tube defects, fewer than a third adhere to the full recommended supplementation regimen.

The researchers found that about 66.4% of women of reproductive age had at least 1 known modifiable risk factor. HealthDay News — About two-thirds of reproductive-aged women in the United States have ...

Every year, over one in 33 babies born in the United States, arrives with a birth defect, a leading cause of infant mortality. Although much of the risk is due to genes and unidentified environmental ...

More than one-fourth of privately-insured and one-third of Medicaid-enrolled women of childbearing age filled prescriptions for opioid-based (narcotic) painkillers between 2008 and 2012, according to ...

A population-based cohort study found that pregnant people who used benzodiazepines during the first trimester were not at a ...

Folic Acid Fortification Could Help Prevent Birth Defects Among Latinas Corn masa flour is made from ground corn, while ...

Birth defect risks for most women Two-thirds of women younger than 50 have at least one lifestyle factor increasing the risk of birth defects. A study from the CDC defined five areas where women can ...

MOE Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Disease of Women and Children, SCU has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on ...

Extreme heat can also severely affect the health of a pregnant woman, placing heavy demands on the cardiovascular system and inadvertently increasing the risk of gestational diabetes, dangerously high ...