Article: California enacts Safe Cosmetics Act.(LEGISLATION)

Article: Pre-pregnancy diabetes tied to more birth defects
AP Online;  July 30, 2008 ;     510 words ......times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new...detailed information to date on types of birth defects that befall the infants of diabetic...The study lists nearly 40 types of birth defects found to be significantly more common...

Article: Birth defects among low birth weight infants - metropolitan Atlanta, 1978-1988.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  February 15, 1991 ;     700+ words ......life (1). Because many infants with birth defects are born prematurely and/or have intrauterine...growth retardation (2-5), the rate of birth defects is expected to vary by birth weight...1978-1988 were used to study the rate of birth defects in infants in five birth-weight ...

Article: Contribution of birth defects to infant mortality among racial/ethnic minority groups, united states, 1983. (Reports on selected racial/ethnic groups; Special focus: maternal and child health)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  July 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ......M.P.H. Muin J. Khoury, M.D., Ph.D. Birth Defects and Genetic Disease Branch Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Center...order to assess the contribution of birth defects to infant mortality among racial/ethnic...

Article: Pre-pregnancy diabetes raises risk of birth defects.(HEALTH FINDINGS: The latest public health studies and research)
The Nation's Health;  October 1, 2008 ;     200 words ......to a child with one or even multiple birth defects than a nondiabetic mother, according...diabetes greatly increases the odds of birth defects, including heart defects, defects of...critical in helping to not only prevent birth defects, but also to reduce the risk for other...

Article: Contribution of birth defects to infant mortality - United States, 1986.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  September 22, 1989 ;     524 words ...Contribution of Birth Defects to Infant Mortality -- United States, 1986...proportion of infant deaths attributed to birth defects has increased steadily [1] (Figure 1). Birth defects also contribute substantially to years of...

Article: Improved national prevalence estimates for 18 selected major birth defects--United States, 1999-2001.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  January 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......needed to improve surveillance for birth defects, which are the leading cause of infant...births are affected by any of 45 birth defects, no national estimates based on population-based birth defects surveillance have been available...

Article: Birth Defects
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society;      700+ words ...Birth Defects About 3 percent of babies born alive have serious birth defects. Some defects are genetic; others may result...back at least to ancient Egypt. The study of birth defects is now known as teratology and the damaging agents...

Article: Mom's Obesity Linked With Birth Defects
AP Online;  August 6, 2007 ;     531 words ......of having babies with a variety of birth defects than women with a healthy weight, a...low, and the cause of the majority of birth defects is unknown," said University of Texas...pregnancy will have babies with major birth defects, versus 3 percent for healthy-weight...

Article: Decreasing the chance of birth defects: most birth defects occur in the first three months of pregnancy, when the organs are forming.(includes related article on Accutane)
FDA Consumer;  November 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......a good reason to be concerned about birth defects. Born with a mild form of spina bifida...the best first step toward preventing birth defects: She visited her physician for an exam...about 3 to 5 percent are born with birth defects, according to the March of Dimes. Birth...

Article: Birth defects main cause of infant death. (Updates) (column)
FDA Consumer;  May 1, 1986 ;     284 words ...Birth Defects Main Cause of Infant Death Infants with birth defects are living longer today than they did a decade ago...infant mortality from other causes has decreased, birth defects have become the leading cause of infant mortality...

Article: Spermicides not linked to birth defects.
HealthFacts;  February 1, 1988 ;     138 words ...SPERMICIDES NOT LINKED TO BIRTH DEFECTS Women who use spermicides do...risk of bearing children with birth defects, according to a study conducted...link between spermicides and birth defects. Questionnaires that elicited...

Article: New Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities Launched.(Brief Article)
AORN Journal;  July 1, 2001 ;     262 words ......established a new center to focus on birth defects and disabilities, according to an April...center's name is the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD...the new center include * monitoring birth defects, developmental disabilities, and the...

Article: National Birth Defects Prevention Month and Folic Acid Awareness Week.(Medical condition overview)(Brief article)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report;  January 11, 2008 ;     270 words ...January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Birth defects affect approximately one in 33 newborns and are...born in a single year with one or more of 17 severe birth defects was estimated at $6 billion in the most recent study...

Article: Infant Deaths from Birth Defects.
Pediatrics for Parents;  February 1, 1999 ;     178 words ......infant mortalities attributable to birth defects (IMBD) has not fallen as quickly as...proportion of infant deaths dues to birth defects increased from 14.5% of all infant...genitourinary, and digestive system birth defects declined substantially. However, deaths...