Birth defect

Less-discussed is the fact that obese women have a much harder time conceiving, and now, a recent study reports that those who do, run a higher risk of giving to babies with birth defects. A report by the University of Texas at ...

A scary little country
In the advise the state, through GPs and midwifes recruited for the effort, will tell prospective parents how to produce birth-defect free children. Thus the culpability of having a child with a birth defect is shifted from natural ......

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Study: MDs Not Warning Women of Drug, Birth Defect Risks (Fox News)
Doctors aren't doing a very good job of warning young women to avoid getting pregnant when they're taking prescription drugs that can cause birth defects, a new study suggests....

Like most sisters, 2-year-olds Yurelia and Fiorella have their good and their bad days. Most of the time they get along all right, and they can be loving and protective of each other. But some days they fight like only sisters can - biting and scratching...

China: Birth Defect Affects One In 10 Households (Bernama)
BEIJING, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- China, the world's most populous country, has a birth defect rate three times that of developed countries, with experts blaming it on late child bearing and unhealthy lifestyles....

GRAND RAPIDS -- Brandon Mulligan didn't have second thoughts about missing school Wednesday. After all, how often can a 16-year-old meet his favorite hockey players?

Unique Invention Induces and Restores Cardiac Muscle Function (Newswise)
A unique invention discovered by researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) which induces and restores cardiac muscle function is showing great promise in repairing myocardial deficiencies in the human heart which are caused by either congential heart defects or heart attacks. Regenerating damaged cardiac tissue could be significant in the treatment of cardiovascular disease and FAU has ......

Doctors aren't doing a very good job of warning young women to avoid getting pregnant when they're taking prescription drugs that can cause birth defects, a new study suggests. Nearly half of the women taking the medicines didn't get counseling from their doctor about using contraceptives or other birth control measures, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researchers found in a study of ...

Legal Alliance Formed to Fight Antidepressant Drug Manufacturers in Birth Defect Lawsuits (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Two Southern California law firms, Baum Hedlund and Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, have just formed a joint venture to prosecute the firms' SSRI antidepressant ...

BEIJING, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- China, the world's most populous country, has a birth defect rate three times that of developed countries, with experts blaming it on late child bearing and unhealthy lifestyles.

Legal Alliance Formed to Fight Antidepressant Drug Manufacturers in Birth Defect Lawsuits (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Two Southern California law firms, Baum Hedlund and Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, have just formed a joint venture to prosecute the firms' SSRI antidepressant birth defect cases....

Folic acid fortification cut defect rates Thu. Jul. 12 2007 CTV.ca News Staff In the 10 years since Canadian food manufacturers began fortifying their grain-based products with folic acid, the rate of spina bifida and other neural ...

Pregnant Women Exposed To Birth Defect-causing Agent (Accutane ...
More than 120 pregnancies were exposed to a birth defect-causing agent during the first year of iPledge, a mandatory program designed to prevent pregnant women from being exposed to the anti-acne medication Accutane and similar ......

Many couples dream of one day holding a baby in their arms, counting every finger and toe. But for thousands of parents, the joy of finding out they are expecting a baby is short-lived due to miscarriage or discovery of a serious birth defect.

Expert Panel: Aspartame Sweetener Safe (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Expert Panel: Aspartame Sweetener Safe Category: Health News Created: 9/12/2007 Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007...

Less-discussed is the fact that obese women have a much harder time conceiving, and now, a recent study reports that those who do, run a higher risk of giving birth to babies with birth defects. A report by the University of Texas at ...

Rogers to Notre Dame
He was born with a birth defect in his glove hand, which makes it nearly impossible to catch pucks in his glove, but he has worked to become one of the best goalies in his age group. He'll be playing Junior B hockey for the Petrolia ......

Aleksey Zurkowski loves eating hot dogs, Buffalo wings, going to Portillo's and diving into a bag of White Castle sliders. He never played sports until his freshman year at Hinsdale South, when he played not one, but three sports: soccer, swimming and gymnastics.

Injuries, Deaths Tied to Consumer Drugs Rise Sharply (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
By Amanda Gardner , HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The number of serious adverse drug events more than double between 1998 and 2005 in the......