Neural tube defects represent common congenital malformations arising from incomplete closure of the neural tube in early gestation. Fetal surgery for open spina bifida, or myelomeningocele, has ...

Access to health care and insurance coverage strongly influence whether women take recommended amounts of folic acid to help prevent serious birth defects, according to University of California, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — University Hospitals has opened a specialty clinic that screens high-risk pregnancy patients for fetal abnormalities during the first trimester — up to seven weeks earlier than a ...

Analysis of U.S. survey data showed that two-thirds of reproductive age women had one or more modifiable risk factors for birth defects. Common risk factors included obesity, folate concentrations ...

Quails are small, plump birds that scurry through grasslands on foot rather than take to the skies. Unexpectedly, studying these ground-dwellers has helped scientists uncover clues about a type of ...