Population study shows lower rate of certain congenital defects in babies of better-fed moms before pregnancy A relatively healthy diet before pregnancy is linked to a lower rate of certain heart ...
Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...
Health workers in Ibanda District have received targeted training to improve early screening and diagnosis of congenital malformations in newborns, a step aimed at reducing preventable complications, ...
A new human study suggests that prenatal and childhood exposure to persistent environmental chemicals, such as PCBs and PFASs, may cause sperm to carry extra X or Y chromosomes in adulthood. These ...
One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...
(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 ...
One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. Subscribe to ...