Babies born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, or both, will face some additional challenges in the early years of their lives, and so will their parents. Babies with clefts need to have surgery, learn ...

A video of an owner helping a puppy with a cleft palate feel "normal" brought the internet to tears. Kaya's dog recently welcomed a litter of nine puppies, but difficulty struck when one of the pups, ...

Scientists studying birth defects in humans and purebred dogs have identified an association between cleft lip and cleft palate and a mutation in the ADAMTS20 gene. Their findings were presented at ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and when is ...

Chelsea Sommer wants every child born with cleft palate to receive the care they deserve. The bilingual speech-language pathologist knows it can be challenging to obtain treatment for this complex ...

July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects. About 6,000 to 8,000 babies are born in the United States with ...

A combination of two established surgical techniques provides good outcomes in repair of cleft palate in infants, reports a study in the July issue of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. "Based on our ...

Cleft lip and palate surgery is a procedure that can correct a common birth irregularity. It’s typically performed in infancy and can correct issues with feeding, speech, and appearance. Share on ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life. Looking back now, as a 30-year veteran of the finance and ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — One Oklahoma family is counting their Christmas blessings this holiday. Earlier this year, their son was born with a cleft lip and a cleft palate. They have invited News 4’s Ali ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — A Sevierville elementary school teacher is hoping to find help for a student with a cleft palate. Cierra Folino, from Sevierville Primary School, said she began to notice in the ...

In 2011, Jeremy Shipp and his wife welcomed their son Henry, who was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. Navigating their child through surgeries to repair the split in his upper lip and the roof ...