Article: FED: Common drugs can cause heart attacks and birth defects

Article: Study ties antibiotic use in pregnancy with birth ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the ... mothers of babies with birth defects were more likely than ... tract treatments and birth defects, said lead author Krista ...

Article: Study ties antibiotics in early pregnancy to birth ...
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  November 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the ... mothers of babies with birth defects were more likely than ... tract treatments and birth defects, said lead author Krista ...

Article: study links some common antibiotics to birth ...
The Virginian Pilot;  November 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Reassuringly, the ... mothers of babies with birth defects were more likely than ... tract treatments and birth defects, said lead author Krista ...

Article: New Study Shows Animal-Based Testing of Drugs & Chemicals ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 26, 2005 ;     598 words ... ... their unborn children at risk of birth defects by taking over-the-counter ... Is In Vitro" shows that many common drugs and household chemicals have ... and chemicals that can cause birth defects during pregnancy -- are tested ...

Article: Folic acid antagonists during pregnancy and the risk of ...
Alternative Medicine Review;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Folic acid antagonists during pregnancy and the risk of birth defects. Hernandez-Diaz S, Werler MM, Walker AM, Mitchell AA ... Conclusions: Folic acid antagonists, which include such common drugs as trimethoprim, triamterene, carbamazepine, phenytoin ...

Article: Folic Acid Antagonists during Pregnancy and the Risk of ...
Original Internist;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors, but not that of antiepileptic drugs. Conclusions: Folic acid antagonists, which include such common drugs as trimethoprim, triamterene, carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, and primidone, may increase the risk not only ...

Article: Birth defects
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...STATISTICS Fortunately birth defects occur in only a small percentage ... try to understand the causes of birth defects to help prevent them and to help ... rates of men and women born with birth defects. Both studies deal not with one ...