The VA provides disability compensation for birth defects to the children of women Vietnam veterans, but not to the children ...

The Christoforos are challenging a law that restricts VA benefits to children with birth defects connected to a parent’s ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges ...

A scientific breakthrough that could lead to the eradication of deadly neural tube defects in unborn babies has been ...

Doctors at a Des Moines hospital are celebrating the success of a new surgical approach after a baby survived a rare, ...

Researchers investigating a widely used medication have uncovered an unexpected cellular process that may interfere with ...

AURORA, Colo. -- For a two-and-a-half-month-old baby, Huntleigh has gone through a lot. She was born with her organs outside her body due to a rare birth defect called Omphalocele. "Omphalocele is a ...

August 24, 2010 — Exposure to acyclovir or valacyclovir in the first trimester of pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk for major birth defects, according to the results of a large, ...

TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — A Tampa couple is grieving the loss of their daughter who was born with a rare but fatal birth defect. Catherine Mornhineway and Andrew Ford said they got the devastating ...

SAN JUAN -- Two of the most commonly used drugs for treating hyperthyroidism were linked to birth defects when used in early pregnancy, though they have differing effects, researchers reported here.