Birth defects are critical conditions, meaning they can be very serious, even life-threatening. Each year, around 6 per cent ...

Birth defects can be caused by genetic environmental or combined factors but some can be prevented with the right measures ...

Furthermore, NMD occurs in all cell types and tissues, but the brain seems particularly vulnerable to NMD defects. Animal ...

A new study found that children whose mothers took an essential vitamin early in pregnancy had significantly higher verbal ...

Congenital Birth defects affect on an average around 1 in every 30 to 40 births. Few factors may predispose to an increased incidence, such as advanced parental age, family history of birth defects, ...

COVID-19 vaccination in early pregnancy (≤20 weeks of gestation) is not associated with increased prevalence of major ...

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 ...

The research constitutes some of the first evidence that the condition is associated with modifications in the brain before ...