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, or birth ...

Birth defects are the leading cause of infant illness. They can pose serious health risks in newborns. However, with timely detection through prenatal screening and corrective surgery, ...

Joe Lary of Tuscaloosa has done it all, from being a world-class athlete to his achievements as a researcher helping prevent ...

Aside from Alaska's harsh climate, the state also has to contend with a rising number of birth defects. A 2021 report from ...

Traeson was born with spina bifida, a birth defect where the spinal cord doesn’t fully close during pregnancy. He has been in ...

Dawson Grant was born with several birth defects and underwent many surgeries. He is now thriving and is like "any 2-year-old boy," say his parents, Samatha and Dylan Grant.

Researchers have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column, which could inform new treatments for congenital scoliosis and other related birth defects.

The newborn had a birth defect that left a gap in his lower spine, through which tissue pushed out and formed a giant, red, balloon-like structure.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Severe brain and spinal birth defects have dropped 27 percent in the United States since the government in 1998 began requiring makers of cereal, pasta, bread and flour to fortify ...

In their published paper in Cell Reports Medicine (“ Isogenic patient-derived organoids reveal early neurodevelopmental defects in spinal muscular atrophy initiation ”), research lead Natalia ...

Researchers believe it could be behind a birth defect called spina bifida that still affects babies today.