Thought of it to be nothing serious until I examined the back of my mouth, upper trachea/airway/soft palate/tonsil area about three weeks ago. I found a circular 'mass' in the center at the back of my ...

Siphiwe Mkhize and her little daughter Katlego, who was born with a cleft soft palate, Goldenhar syndrome, and small jaw ailments. Siphiwe Mkhize, a mother of a two-year-old girl named Katlego, is ...

An AI software system improved ultrasound detection of fetal congenital heart defects compared with unaided interpretation. The AI system was also associated with shorter mean reading time of images.

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the temporal and spatial characteristics of cleft lip and/or palate based on a large-scale birth defect monitoring database. Methods Data on perinatal ...

A joint Israeli-American voluntary group named Sfat Halev (Language of the Heart) will finance activity to make parents with newborns suffering from the congenital cleft palate or cleft lip defect ...

A cleft palate is a V- or U-shaped gap in the tissue between the mouth and the inside of the nose. It includes variable separation of the muscular soft palate and uvula, and it may also involve the ...

Pregnant women covered by Medicaid are less likely to get an ultrasound exam that can diagnose heart defects in a fetus, a new study finds.

Learn what factors may influence your survival rate with soft palate cancer and how it may affect your life expectancy and quality of life.

Cleft lip and palate are among the most common birth defects in the U.S., yet for many, it feels like they’re not talked about enough. “Honestly, to hear that anything is wrong with your kid ...