While a minor cleft lip may not require surgical treatment, it can still affect someone's quality of life if they feel uncomfortable or are bullied about their appearance. Emma was born with an ...

Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

Shortly after Max was born, Thomas remembers noticing a crease in Max’s lip and asking doctors about it. Max’s pediatrician, Dr. Kathryn Cheek, told the Gristinas it was indeed a minor cleft lip.

But many families aren’t aware of these organizations. According to a doctor at the Chongming hospital where Peng and Zhou committed the murder, surgery for a minor cleft lip would cost under 4,000 ...

Foetuses are being aborted for minor and treatable imperfections such as cleft lip and palate or club foot every year in the UK. New research suggests that dozens of abortions are carried out but ...

Born with a bilateral cleft lip, Kynlee, 10, began noticing her facial differences around age 6. Other kids noticed, too. “They would make her feel different, and they would draw attention to ...

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.

Lauren Onishi wants others to realize clefts are more than a cosmetic concern. Over the last 20 years, cleft lip and palate awareness has grown, spurred in part by TV commercials from the ...

The mother can use her thumb or breast to help fill in the opening left by the cleft in the lip to form a seal around the breast. With practice this may work in minor clefts. This is called oral ...

Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Kristen Lancaster about reducing risk of cleft lip and palate birth defects.