KUTV — March 3rd was International Birth Defects Prevention Day and we are talking about ways to help prevent birth defects. But we’ll start with some background information. In every pregnancy, there ...

When Joy Bowen of Winnetka got pregnant, everything seemed fine. She was a healthy 24-year-old, and neither she nor her husband, Barry, had a family history of inherited diseases. But their son, Brad, ...

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month and the experts at Arizona Pregnancy Riskline have released the top preventable birth defects. Birth defects are the leading cause of death in ...

As previously mentioned, a significant percentage of birth defects are triggered either wholly or in part by environmental factors. The most critical of these factors are those that affect a woman's ...

A teratogen is an environmental factor that a person is exposed to during their pregnancy that may affect the baby’s development, resulting in birth defects. In fact, around 4% to 5% of birth defects ...

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