Jordan James Parke, the social media influencer known as the “Lip King” who died last week after authorities believe he underwent another cosmetic procedure, was warned about his addiction to plastic ...

Meet Shrimp the little wire-haired dachshund puppy whose big fan club has led an appeal to fund costly corrective surgery.

Wearing a blue princess gown, 6-year-old Mira seems at home as she plays around a kids clubhouse at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. Mira's formal name is Merveille, French for ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common congenital craniofacial anomalies globally, often requiring surgical intervention within the first year of life and follow-up corrective procedures ...

More than 300,000 internet users have donated about 20 million yuan (US$2.3 million) to a struggling Beijing-based charity hospital which treats children with cleft lips. The Beijing Smile Angel ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors, which, in early fetal development, can result in babies with facial differences such as a cleft lip or ...

What Is Cleft Lip and Palate? A cleft of the lip or palate happens when a baby is born with an opening in the upper lip or the roof of the mouth (the palate). These orofacial clefts are some of the ...

What Is a Cleft Lip? Babies who are born with cleft lip have a gap or opening in the upper lip. This happens when the baby's lip doesn't form properly early in pregnancy, resulting in a split. These ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Nobody should have to pay $40,000 out of their own pocket for this medically necessary ...

Nobody should have to pay $40,000 out of their own pocket for this medically necessary treatment. Stefano Levi I have spent much of my life waiting. As a kid, waiting for summer break to have surgery, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Katy Winget was born with a cleft lip and was scared that her son would too. “That was her biggest fear throughout the whole pregnancy was the cleft lip,” said her husband, Tyler.