The gestational period is the time during which your baby's body develops at a rapid pace. Certain maternal health conditions ...

Short spine syndrome awareness has grown amid the virality of Jimothy the raccoon in Seattle. Meet these dogs and a cat with ...

The White House leaned into one of the internet's biggest viral sensations by posting an edited image of Seattle's beloved ...

VB Spine LLC (“VB Spine”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted two 510(k) clearances that expand the indications for its Vitoss ® Bone Graft Substitute and ...

Mark Cash's father, a U.S. Air Force security policeman, was stationed at Andersen Air Force Base in late 1966. His job on base mainly involved walking patrols – specifically, the area along the ...

An observational study published in Biomedicines evaluated 117 patients who received one to three applications of cryopreserved human umbilical cord tissue allografts for thoracic and lumbar ...

The internet's favorite raccoon has become a symbol of resilience in Seattle. Here's what his condition might mean for his ...

Flour could be required to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in Ireland, under a proposal being considered by Government. Folic acid is a man-made ...

More than 1,00,000 babies are born with neural tube defects (NTDs) — serious birth defects affecting the brain and spine that develop in the earliest weeks of pregnancy — in India every year, ...

U.S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land during the Vietnam War in its herbicidal warfare campaign. (Wikimedia Commons) A Connecticut Army veteran and his daughter filed ...

Valproic acid is a widely used medication for the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migraines. It functions primarily by increasing levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same ...