LAGAWE, Ifugao (PIA) — The Ifugao Provincial Health Office (PHO) shares lifestyle tips in efforts to help prevent ...

Know how essential nutrients during pregnancy support fetal brain development, prevent birth defects, and strengthen immunity ...

Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect, meaning that a fetus’ developing spine and spinal cord don’t fully form and ...

Stem cell therapy on babies in the womb ‘can reverse brain issues linked to major birth defect’ - Spina bifida happens when a baby’s spine does not develop fully in the womb ...

It is the second most common cause of death for children under the age of five. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nearly 3 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury each year. For New Bern resident Terry Hart, that statistic became personal more than two decades ago ...

"For us, communication is about giving her as much autonomy and voice as possible," Jess Markins tells PEOPLE of her ...

About 30% of deaths among children under five in Malaysia between 2018 and 2022 were related to congenital conditions.

UC Davis researchers performed the world's first in-utero stem cell therapy for spina bifida. All six babies were born ...

Scientists are moving toward a genetic test that could help thousands of mothers with epilepsy safely take life-saving medication without fear of it causing birth defects in their children. Valproic ...

Maternal thyroid function or the status of common thyroid autoantibodies during early pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk for birth defects in children; however, positivity for thyroid ...

Experimental therapy of applying stem cells during surgery could be ‘major milestone’ in treatment of birth defects ...