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Environmental Factors in Birth Defects: What We Need to Know by Environmental Health Posted Wed 30 Sep 2009 9:00pm European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies A Sampling of Environmental Agents Studied in Relation to Birth Defects This list is not a comprehensive catalog of all... for specific toxic exposures. Margaret Honein, Birth Defects Branch chief in the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, believes a decentralized Read on »

Birth Defects in Babies More Common In Overweight and Obese Moms by Linda Posted Thu 12 Feb 2009 12:00am to the development of congenital abnormalities in babies, such as neural tube defects, spina bifida, heart defects, cleft lip and cleft palate. Babies born to obese mothers are at risk... With the alarming rate of obesity and overweight in the U.S., new studies have shown that there is a greater chance of birth defects and complications during pregnancy Read on »

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Baby Bites: Registry Seeks to Link Celiac Disease to Birth Defects by Vanessa M. Healthy Living Professional

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Posted Thu 03 Jul 2008 1:14pm to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a birth defect is an abnormality of structure, function, or metabolism (body chemistry) present at birth that results in physical... defects, the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness and Birth Defect Research for Children are asking that parents who are diagnosed with celiac disease to register their children Read on »

Research links rise in Falluja birth defects and cancers to US assault/ The Guardian by Meryl Nass Posted Fri 31 Dec 2010 9:54am deformity, such as a neural tune defect – which affects the brain and lower limbs – cardiac, or skeletal abnormalities, or cancers. No other city in Iraq has anywhere near the same... insurgents. Photograph: Scott Nelson/Getty Images A study examining the causes of a dramatic spike in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Falluja has for the first time Read on »

CDC: antibiotics linked to birth defects by Marie L. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 11 Dec 2009 3:30am pregnancy does not raise the risk for most birth defects, though there are some exceptions, new research has found. Penicillin, which is the most commonly used antibiotic during pregnancy, as well as erythromycin, cephalosporins and quinolones, other widely prescribed antibiotics, were not associated with increased risk for about 30 different birth defects Read on »

Birth defects caused by medications avoidable: study by ViaMedica Posted Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:04pm Read on »

Hairspray exposure during pregnancy linked to penis birth defect by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 21 Nov 2008 1:02pm to a study accepted for publication today by the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). Hypospadias is a birth defect of the male urethra that results in an abnormally placed [...] Read on »

Experts Believe Many Birth Defects Are Preventable by HealthFinder Posted Fri 02 Jul 2010 10:00am Dr. Adolfo Correa, medical supervisor for the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. "In some of the babies that are born with congenital heart..., medical supervisor, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta ) Read on »

SSRIs and Pregnancy (and smoking) can cause major birth defects by Marie L. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 07 Jan 2009 4:30pm Here's an article on how taking SSRIs--especially during the early stages when you don't know you're pregnant--can set your child up for birth defects: December 5, 2008... more than 10 cigarettes per day while pregnant had a significantly increased risk of giving birth to a child with a major cardiac malformation. "Pregnant women who take Read on »