Article: Top fertility drug may cause birth defects, study says

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 ...

Article: Birth defects surveillance registries in the United ...
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... born with a serious birth defect, and birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality ... alcohol syndrome, both preventable birth defects. The statistics are staggering in ... family, and community affected. Birth defects affect babies of all racial, ethnic ...

Article: Birth Defects and Military Service Since 1990
Military Medicine;  February 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) is an ongoing ... case-control study of over 30 major birth defects, and is one of the largest studies of the causes of birth defects to date. Data from it were examined ...

Article: Birth defects information lacking, survey finds.
State Health Watch;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Birth defects information lacking, survey finds ... better job of tracking and preventing birth defects, they could make significant strides ... on efforts to monitor and research birth defects. More than half the states received ...

Article: Birth Defects
Complete Human Diseases and Conditions;      700+ words ...Birth Defects A birth defect is an abnormality in ... Pregnancy Amniocentesis Infant mortality Birth defects sometimes are called congenital anomalies ... birthmarks are seldom considered birth defects because they usually do not cause ...

Article: Birth Defects Research
Tennessee TRIBUNE, The;  March 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... The 03-02-2005 To prevent birth defects, we need to learn more about ... Isotretinoin) can cause severe birth defects if used during pregnancy ... Isotretinoin) is known to cause birth defects, the package carries clear ...

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