January was National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Research has shown that alcohol and drug use on the part of men and women can impair fertility and lead to birth defects in their children. Despite ...
WESTOVER, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Practitioners who treat mothers and babies before and after birth are uniting to spread the word about birth defects. The Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network held a news ...
These risk factors -- low levels of vitamin B9 (folate), unmanaged diabetes or exposure to tobacco smoke -- increase the odds of a serious birth defect in any child they might have, researchers said.
According to the CDC, a baby is born with a major birth defect every 4.5 minutes in the U.S. North Dakota Health and Human ...
Two-thirds of women in their child-bearing years have an increased risk for birth defects due to a lifestyle factor they can change, a new study says. These risk factors -- low levels of vitamin B9 ...