A clinical trial for spina bifida treatment suggests that a surgical approach relying on stem cells is safe for patients. Its ...

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

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Critical congenital heart diseases, or CCHDs, are a group of life-threatening structural heart defects present at birth.

A new study reveals that high doses of antioxidants—often seen as harmless or beneficial—may actually impact future generations. Male mice given common supplements like NAC produced offspring with ...

WASHINGTON — Legislation to expand research on birth defects among children of toxic-exposed veterans passed the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Wednesday, along with two other bills that aim to ...

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Hailey Bieber has really opened up — and luckily, so did her uterus. On an episode of the podcast “She MD” this week, the beauty entrepreneur sat down with co-hosts Mary Alice Haney and Dr. Thaïs ...

Stem cell therapy could represent a new frontier in the treatment of certain birth defects. Preliminary research published today suggests that donor stem cells received in the womb can help children ...

Stem cell therapy performed on babies in the womb could reverse brain abnormalities linked to a severe birth defect, experts have said. Spina bifida occurs when a baby’s spine fails to develop fully ...

(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 ...

Macrolide antibiotics are frequently used to treat infections in women during early pregnancy. However, the association between early pregnancy exposure to macrolide antibiotics and major birth ...