NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, ...
It was the day the families of this rural farm community had long awaited. After nearly two years of pleading for someone to ...
FALLUJA, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 12: Mariam Yasir, age 6 years old, who suffers from a birth defect is held by her mother on November 12, 2009 in the city of Falluja west of Baghdad, Iraq. Birth defects have soared in Fallujah, which ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some of the antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections during pregnancy may increase the risk of several birth defects if a woman uses them early in pregnancy, a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics & ...
Study links some antibiotics with birth defects; others appear safe for fetus Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy — penicillins ...
Bill "The Big Whistle" Chadwick CUTCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Bill "The Big Whistle" Chadwick, the first U.S.-born official in NHL history who was later a popular broadcaster for the New York Rangers, died Saturday. He was 94. His death was announced by ...
Shiloh Pepin, girl born with rare condition called 'mermaid syndrome,' dies in Maine at age 10 Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and ...
Iowa doctor who developed nonsurgical treatment for clubfoot, practiced it for decades dies A University of Iowa doctor who perfected a nonsurgical treatment for curing clubfoot in infants has died. University of Iowa spokesman Tom Moore says Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti died ...
A jury ordered GlaxoSmithKline to pay $2.5 million to a woman whose son was born with serious heart defects after she took the antidepressant Paxil during her pregnancy. The closely watched verdict handed down Tuesday in Philadelphia was the first of about ...
Though some birth defects are caused by chance through genetic mutations, others can be caused simply by not observing healthy pregnancy practices. A unfortunately common cause of birth defects is through alcohol consumption during pregnancy. This birth defect is known as fetal ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who are overweight or obese when they get pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart defects, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday. The study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you take antidepressants such as fluoxetine (marketed as Prozac) early in your pregnancy, you may be doubling the risk that your newborn will be born with a heart defect, according to a new study. However, the ...
