Hailey Bieber’s doctor told her to not get pregnant because of the rare genetic condition that increased her risk of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – January is National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Greater awareness can help improve the lives of those living with these conditions and widen the network of support. In ...

The researchers found that about 66.4% of women of reproductive age had at least 1 known modifiable risk factor. HealthDay News — About two-thirds of reproductive-aged women in the United States have ...

The window of opportunity to address risk factors for birth defects lies in pre-pregnancy care, according to a study based on responses from 5,374 women that published in August. Research, published ...

(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 ...

Up to 53 million American women of childbearing age have at least one risk factor that increases the odds of severe birth defects. A CDC study including survey responses from more than 5,300 women as ...

One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...

Birth defect risks for most women Two-thirds of women younger than 50 have at least one lifestyle factor increasing the risk of birth defects. A study from the CDC defined five areas where women can ...

More than one-fourth of privately-insured and one-third of Medicaid-enrolled women of childbearing age filled prescriptions for opioid-based (narcotic) painkillers between 2008 and 2012, according to ...