Homicide, named by one study in 2022 as the leading cause of death of pregnant women in the U.S., is also among the risks ...

CDC says 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika have health problems One in seven infants exposed to Zika in utero experienced microcephaly, seizures, hearing deficiencies or other health problems during ...

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A broad new analysis of Colorado insurance data suggests national estimates may be severely undercounting children born with heart defects, and at least half of them have other genetic disorders ...

This may include the risk of having a child with a birth defect or genetic disease. Your provider may refer you to a genetic counselor for one of the following reasons: Abnormal maternal serum ...

Army Staff Sgt. Mark Jackson kept a daily journal, documenting how he became permanently sickened while stationed at the ...

Medical officials also added that birth defects the baby has are common in infants whose parents are closely related, the court documents said. Detectives also noted in the probable cause statement ...

Birth defects linked to fentanyl by geneticists at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Del. Elsevier 2023 The mothers’ reported drug use was a strong clue as to what was causing the ...

This means they run the risk of giving birth to babies with severe abnormalities called neural tube defects, such as spina bifida. These conditions affect about one in 1,000 pregnancies in the UK.

Pioneering research published today suggests that a vitamin supplement taken during pregnancy could prevent hydrocephalus - one of the common forms of birth brain defect. Scientists at The University ...

Folic acid is added to flour in more than 80 countries Folic acid is to be added to UK flour to help prevent spinal birth defects in babies, the government has announced. Women are advised to take ...