Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kokomo mother Monica Bush went into her doctor’s appointment at 19 weeks pregnant like any other mother would — excited to see ...

The roof of the mouth, also known as the palate, develops around the same time as the lip, between the sixth and ninth weeks of pregnancy. Similar to a cleft lip, a cleft palate occurs when the tissue ...

A cleft chin refers to a chin with a Y-shaped dimple in the middle. It’s usually a genetic trait. Depending on your preference, you may consider cleft chins a sign of beauty or not. You can both add ...

Telemedicine can have long-term health equity benefits, including allowing providers to reach more patients in remote regions without travel requirements and see an increased number of patients in ...

12 hundred children in the UK are born with a cleft lip or palate every year. Little is known about what causes it. To help provide some definitive answers, the world's biggest ever research programme ...

A cleft lip occurs when there is a split or opening in the lip. This opening can be small or large enough to connect the upper lip and nose. A cleft palate occurs when the roof of the mouth does not ...

Smile Train India has had an incredible journey in India in the last 19 years. We have treated over 6,00,000 children who were affected with cleft, enabling them to go on and lead a full and ...

LARA ADEJORO writes on how ignorance about cleft and palate diagnosis, care, and treatment remains a challenge in Nigeria. Esther Ochegbe, 26, beamed with smiles on her chair beside the bed where her ...

Wearing a scarf around her head and resting her cheek on a bible, Mercy Egbe, 35, was in a ward at the Cleft and Facial Deformity Foundation Centre, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, waiting for the ...