According to experts at VCU Health, pregnant women are more likely to experience heat exhaustion and heat illnesses because ...

Hot baths are said to induce labor — is it true? Learn more about hot baths during pregnancy, ... so researchers couldn't be sure that the birth defects were related to hot tub use.

Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. It is not usually associated with birth defects. However, some research indicates it may increase the risk of certain ...

A leading cause of birth defects is a virus that many expectant parents have never heard about. That may change soon thanks to the advocacy of parents whose children suffered birth defects due to ...

Preterm birth can be severely harmful to neonates. Currently, no effective clinical treatments target in utero inflammation ...

Rare Birth Defect Gives Rescue Dog Permanently Shocked Expression. Published Nov 30, ... Belle's unusual eyes were the result of getting stuck in the birth canal during labor.

Explore Health experts: Axing CDC research on maternal health a ‘huge’ step backward. Birth defects are the leading cause of infant death in the United States. More than 4,000 babies die each ...

A birth defect is not caused by a mistake made during labor and delivery or right after birth. A birth injury is. “A birth injury occurs during the birthing process or when a baby is born. This may ...

Epilepsy and Labor and Delivery. ... Severe birth defects are rare in infants of women who get regular prenatal care and whose seizures are managed with medication carefully.

Babies are born at all weight categories, sometimes they are considered low birth weight, less than 5 pounds while others can ...

Preterm labor and birth—or giving birth to a preemie—isn’t well understood. Because doctors don’t fully understand why it happens, there are few reliable ways to completely predict it or prevent it.