Two third of American women under 50 have at least one of five modifiable risk factors that can lead to birth defects. Here's ...

Neural tube defects (NTDs) occur when the spinal cord, brain, or surrounding structures do not develop properly in the first ...

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 ...

Standing in front of an empty lot one afternoon in the Georgia heat, Katie Chubb gestures to the place where she's been trying to open a birth center for six years. "We'd have parking along the road," ...