AURORA, Colo. — Giving birth can certainly come with obstacles, some that are so rare, only certain hospitals are trained to help. That's what happened with newborn baby Adelaide May. However, the ...

ATLANTA — Birth defects lead to more than $2.5 billion a year in hospital costs alone, according to the first national studies to estimate their financial burden on U.S. families. The reports are the ...

Denmark: Maternal thyroid hormone levels in early pregnancy may not increase the risk of birth defects in children, a large ...

Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect, meaning that a fetus’ developing spine and spinal cord don’t fully form and close as usual. It can vary in severity, depending on how much of the spine is ...

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 ...

As a pediatric surgeon and director of the Trauma Program at Children’s of Alabama, Robert Russell, M.D., MPH, cares for the youngest, smallest, and most innocent patients of Alabama. A professor in ...