Topic: Birth Defects
AP News | 2009-10-19 22:19:37
<div id="subtitle">Iowa doctor who developed nonsurgical treatment for clubfoot, practiced it for decades dies</div><div><p>A University of Iowa doctor who perfected a nonsurgical treatment for curing clubfoot in infants has died.</p><p>University of Iowa spokesman Tom Moore says Dr. Ignacio V ...
AP Features | 2009-10-14 20:33:42
<div><p>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.</p><p>The closely watched verdict handed down Tuesday in Philadelphia was the first of about 600 similar cases pending across ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-10-01 20:43:55
<div><p>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.</p><p>The study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concluded ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-09-25 13:46:45
<div><p>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.</p><p>However, the vast majority of children born to women ...
