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

Researchers investigating a widely used medication have uncovered an unexpected cellular process that may interfere with ...

Neural tube defects, such as Spina bifida, are one of the leading congenital disorders (affecting about one in 1,000 live births worldwide) and are associated with the junctional neurulation. Though ...

Two of three women of childbearing age in the United States are at heightened risk for birth defects due to at least one environmental or lifestyle factor — but these factors are modifiable, new ...

The Christoforos are challenging a law that restricts VA benefits to children with birth defects connected to a parent’s ...

A scientific breakthrough that could lead to the eradication of deadly neural tube defects in unborn babies has been ...

August 24, 2010 — Exposure to acyclovir or valacyclovir in the first trimester of pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk for major birth defects, according to the results of a large, ...

(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 ...

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within this demographic have at least ...

The VA provides disability compensation for birth defects to the children of women Vietnam veterans, but not to the children ...