Nicholas Brendon, best known for playing Xander Harris in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died on 20 March at age 54 from heart disease caused by blocked arteries and high blood pressure, with pneumonia and ...

Nicholas Brendon's cause of death has been revealed, nearly two months after his family announced that the Buffy the Vampire ...

Anencephaly is a serious neural tube condition that affects a baby’s brain and skull development. It happens very early in ...

In January, California became the first U.S. state to require food makers to add folic acid to products like tortillas because of the high rate of neural tube defects in Hispanic infants.

Ron and Michele Christoforo are suing the VA over a law that only grants Agent Orange birth defect benefits to children of ...

Legislators and health experts are seeking to combat a common birth defect with one simple ingredient added to staple foods.

A clinical trial for spina bifida treatment suggests that a surgical approach relying on stem cells is safe for patients. Its ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...

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She said people with her condition typically need to manage arthritis and get physical therapy to help with joint pain as ...

The Christoforos are challenging a law that restricts VA benefits to children with birth defects connected to a parent’s ...

The VA provides disability compensation for birth defects to the children of women Vietnam veterans, but not to the children ...