It should be fundamentally irrational to all Americans that an insurer can deem a surgery that is required for a child to eat, breathe or speak as “cosmetic.” But this has been happening for years, ...

During my lunch break, I checked my phone and saw a LINE message from my wife. That day was her prenatal checkup at the ...

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 ...

Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and ...

For many families, the day a child receives cleft surgery to repair the lip, palate or gum is a milestone worth celebrating. After months, and sometimes years of waiting, particularly for families who ...

Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and ...

Among infants with isolated cleft palate, whether primary surgery at 6 months of age is more beneficial than surgery at 12 months of age with respect to speech outcomes, hearing outcomes, dentofacial ...

Pregnant Yellowjackets star Samantha Hanratty is preparing for her first child, a baby boy, to have cleft lip surgery shortly after he’s born. “My baby is going to be born with a cleft lip. We’re not ...

Mary Edang from Samburu County holds her 5-month-old son Brayden Lonyalik at the St Francis Community Hospital as they wait for his free cleft lip surgery supported by Smile Train and the Kenya ...