Birth defect

Ralph "Ryan" McCallum is a fighter. Always has been. The 22-year-old Springfield resident was born with a birth that severely tilted his spine and caused his left leg to be significantly shorter than the other.

SSRI Antidepressants Do Not Pose Major Birth Defect Risk (Medical News Today)
Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants do not appear to increase the risk for most kinds of birth defects. [click link for full article]...

I am not even sure what to say about an article in Vietnamese about Nguyen Quang Huy, a three-year-old boy who was born with such an abnormal structure in his private part.

Antidepressant studies find low birth-defect risk
Use of antidepressants by pregnant women doesn't significantly increase the risk of birth defects, with rare exceptions, two studies found. The overall risk of having a child with a defect increased by less than 1 percent in women on ......

Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants do not appear to increase the risk for most kinds of birth defects. [click link for full article]

Intestinal defect on the rise / Babies of young mothers at greatest risk of organ growing outside body (San Francisco Chronicle)
When Judy Laird went for a routine ultrasound halfway through her pregnancy earlier this year, she was eager to find out whether her first child was a boy or a girl. So she was blindsided by the news that her baby boy had a life-threatening birth... ...

Use of antidepressants by pregnant women doesn't significantly increase the risk of birth defects, with rare exceptions, two studies found. The overall risk of having a child with a increased by less than 1 percent in women on ...

A Rare Birth Defect
I am not even sure what to say about an article in Vietnamese about Nguyen Quang Huy, a three-year-old boy who was born with such an abnormal structure in his private part....

Jarcho Levin syndrome is a genetic defect which causes malformed bones in the spine and ribs (spondylothoracic dysostosis). Infants born with Jarcho Levin syndrome often have difficulty breathing due...

SSRI antidepressants do not pose major birth defect risk (EurekAlert!)
Boston, MA -- Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants do not appear to increase the risk for most kinds of birth defects....

They found babies born through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) – which include in-vitro fertilization (IVF), ovulation induction and intra-uterine insemination – were about 60% more likely to develop birth defects as those born ...

Sibling incest, birth defects, genetic counseling
Hmm...now that I think about it, that last point would probably lead to all sorts of fun trying to not get caught with the sheer amount of paperwork involved in everything these days, even if the birth defect thing turns out to not be ......

OLMITO — Two days before Thanksgiving, Annie Alvarez learned that her unborn baby — whose arrival she was eagerly anticipating — had a congenital defect that could leave the infant paralyzed.

Parents Cope With Faceless Baby's Birth Defect (NBC 5 Chicago)
A Florida couple's daughter is born with a rare birth defect, leaving her without many of the bones in her face....

Indian police arrested the physician parents of a 15-year-old boy who allegedly carried out a Caesarean section birth under their watch in an attempt to set a world record, an official said Monday.

Teen surgeon's parents questioned (AP via Yahoo! News)
Police have questioned the parents — both doctors — of a 15-year-old boy who allegedly carried out a Caesarean section birth under their watch in southern India, a government official said Monday....

Background: Birth defects are a leading cause of neonatal and infant mortality in Italy, however little is known of the etiology of most defects. Improvements in diagnosis have revealed increasing numbers of clinically insignificant ...

Birth Defects - What are they? | How do they occcur?
It is the most terrible thing for a mother to find out that her baby has any birth defect. One of the most frequent birth defects is a congenital problem of the baby’s heart. Nowadays these problems can be treated by modern surgery, ......

It is the most terrible thing for a mother to find out that her baby has any birth defect. One of the most frequent birth defects is a congenital problem of the baby’s heart. Nowadays these problems can be treated by modern surgery, ...

Possible Case: Lexapro Heart Birth Defect
alleging Lexapro caused heart birth defects in the newborn....