Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges ...

THAT’S GOOD NEWS. BUT AGAIN JUST BE CAREFUL ON SOME OF THOSE DAMP ROADS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, THIS MONTH MARKS BIRTH DEFECTS AWARENESS MONTH WITH 1 IN 33 BABIES AFFECTED BY BIRTH DEFECTS IN THE ...

A UK mother with a 1-year-old has revealed that her son’s life feels like a powder keg due to his medical condition. Nine months after he was born, Emma Brazier’s son Lucas was diagnosed with ...

The most recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reveals cases of gastroschisis, a serious birth defect of the abdominal wall, have more than doubled over the past 18 years in the U.S. Babies ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- As January comes to a close, doctors say it's important to recognize National Birth Defects Awareness Month. The March of Dimes says birth defects are the leading cause of infant ...

TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — A Tampa couple is grieving the loss of their daughter who was born with a rare but fatal birth defect. Catherine Mornhineway and Andrew Ford said they got the devastating ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the South Carolina Department of Public Health, birth defects are the leading cause of infant deaths in South Carolina and people born with a birth defect often face ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - January is the month to raise awareness about birth defects, how to prevent them, and how to support those affected. A birth defect is a health condition a baby develops before birth ...

(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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the ...

Punjab health minister Balbir Singh said the condition posed a severe risk of chest infection and was life-threatening, ...

As former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), we have spent our careers protecting ...