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, ...

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three ...

Osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as “brittle bone disease,” is a rare genetic condition frequently diagnosed in childhood ...

Defense lawyers have called shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, junk science. But doctors say shaking a baby is dangerous.