Researchers and health care providers use the term neural tube defects to describe one important category of birth defects.

If preeclampsia develops, the health care provider may develop a plan to try to prolong the pregnancy to give the fetus more time to grow an...

Hypospadias is a birth defect among boys in which the opening of the urethra is located somewhere along the underside of the penis instead o...

Neural tube defects (NTD), including spina bifida and anencephaly, are the most common disabling birth defects.

Scientists first suggested a link between neural tube birth defects and diet in the 1950s.

The beautiful and plucky Christina Applegate faces breast cancer with courage while working long hours on the set.

In the U.S., vaccination programs have eliminated or significantly reduced many vaccine-preventable diseases.

Medical care for infants with Down syndrome should include the same well-baby care that other children receive during the first years of lif...

The term "early intervention" refers to an array of specialized programs and related resources that are made available by healthca...

A rise in C-sections is partly due to elective C-sections, a practice that doctors state should be discouraged as it puts babies at risk.