July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects. About 6,000 to 8,000 babies are born in the United States with ...

Born with a bilateral cleft lip, Kynlee, 10, began noticing her facial differences around age 6. Other kids noticed, too.

or a cleft palate. ‌Lobar holoprosencephaly. There is more division of the brain, but the cerebral hemispheres are fused in the frontal cortex. This can cause a bilateral cleft lip, closely ...

It may lead to immune system issues, heart defects, developmental delays, and cleft palate. Research also indicates ... of schizophrenia might be linked to skull malformations that limit the ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life. Looking back now, as a 30-year veteran of the finance and ...

Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...