The School of Nursing is transitioning its midwifery program from a two-year masters-level training program to a three-year ...

Folic acid is a crucial nutrient for pregnant women as it helps prevent birth defects in the baby’s brain ... It’s important to talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to manage ...

Choline is important for brain development, liver function, and can help prevent birth defects. However ... It is important to talk to your doctor before taking any supplements during pregnancy.

Experts can only speculate that the birth defect is caused by both genetics and environmental factors. Because causes are unknown, specific ways to prevent the defect are ... mum often leads to a ...

Data were sourced from birth records to identify births among ... Primary outcomes were the risk for MCMs overall and by subgroups, including defects of the heart, limbs, orofacial clefts, genital ...

Domestic researchers in a world first have identified the causes of congenital spina bifida, a birth defect that ... to the development of prevention measures and predictable models for disease. Spina ...

In addition to his congenital defect, his mental deterioration is severe. He’s forgotten the very principles on which our country was founded. His recent declaration on freedom of religion was very ...

Theo Grataloup, 17, who was born with severe abnormalities of the oesophagus and larynx, said he represents all those with birth defects. Grataloup, who spoke to the AFP news agency Thursday ...

The Iowa Maternal Mortality Review Committee's most recent report found the majority of deaths between 2019 and 2021 were ...

Heart defects are the most common type of birth defect in the United States. In North America, heart defects affect 12 of every 1,000 live births, according to American Heart Association (AHA ...