It's not entirely understood why some children are born with orofacial clefts, such as cleft lip or palate. But a new study ...

DAR ES SALAAM — The 34th Chinese medical team in Tanzania recently completed five cleft lip surgeries and 19 cleft palate ...

Cleft lip and palate are birth defects treatable by surgery; early intervention helps prevent feeding, speech, hearing, and ...

A: Typically, a cleft lip is surgically repaired when the child is 3-6 months old. A cleft palate is often repaired by age 1, ...

A cleft chin, also called a booty chin, is not a dangerous health condition. Some people with a cleft chin seek solutions for removing the crease in their chin for aesthetic purposes. Everyone has ...

There are no easy answers. But the debate has implications for decisions around abortion and fetal surgery (operations done in the womb to treat birth defects and other medical conditions).

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth ... Oxidative stress can occur in embryonic cells upon exposure to ethanol, as in fetal alcohol syndrome, or if the mother develops ...