The overall quality of a pregnant woman's diet is linked with risk for two types of serious birth defects, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown. In the study, women who ate better before and during pregnancy gave birth to fewer infants with malformations of the brain and spinal cord, or orofacial clefts, such as cleft lip and cleft palate.

Carter and Mason Osborne have a lot in common. Not only are they brothers who love to laugh, they also share one unique characteristic; they were born with forms of cleft lip and palate. Fortunately, the Osborne's have a team of nationally-recognized experts in the Cleft Lip and Palate Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital to help with their sons' overall treatment and care. While the odds of having a child born with cleft lip and palate are 1 in 700, the odds increase significantly for parents who already have a child with cleft lip and palate.