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Study finds impact of exposure to benzene during pregnancy
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): In a bid to study the health impacts related to living near fracking sites where contaminants, including volatile organic compounds, are released, researchers at the Universite de Montreal Public Health Research Institute studied a group of pregnant women
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Kids with facial birth defects more prone to anxiety, depression
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 29 (ANI): Kids aged 8 to 10 years with facial defects by birth showed highest levels of anxiety, depression and difficulties in peer interactions when compared to youth with craniofacial defects in middle and high schools.
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Exposure to this chemical can put your baby's hormones at risk
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 27 (ANI): Attention mothers-to-be! Exposure of dioxin - a highly toxic compound - has been linked to an increase in certain levels of hormones in women and their breastfeeding children that puts them at higher risk of birth defects, cancer and neurodevelopment d
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Antibiotics may up birth defects in newborns
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): Beware would-be-mothers as a study has recently found that certain antibiotics during pregnancy may increase risk of major birth defects in your newborn.
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Common household chemicals lead to birth defects in mice: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): A recent study has found a connection between common household chemicals and birth defects.
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New dog skull find may help detect birth defects
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 28 (ANI): A study of dog DNA has linked a genetic mutation to flat face shapes such as those seen in pugs and bulldogs.
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Anti-depressants may increase birth defects in your new born
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 19 (ANI): Beware would-be-mothers! Taking anti-depressants for the first three months during pregnancy can increase the chances of birth defects in your newborn.
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Pregnant women who consume antidepressants may have babies with major cong
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 3 (ANI): In a recent dose-response analysis, scientists have found that pregnant women who take a specific type of antidepressant in early pregnancy have a small but significantly greater risk of having babies with major congenital anomalies (sometimes referred to a
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Assisted reproduction may cut down birth defects for middle-aged women
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 17 (ANI): Babies born to women in the age of 40 and over from assisted reproduction have fewer birth defects compared with those from women, who conceive naturally at the same age, suggests a new research.
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Partial steroid treatment can benefit preterm infants: Study suggests
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 11 (ANI): Steroids improve survival andreduce the chances of certain birth defects for extremely premature infants, even if the treatment course is not finished before delivery, suggest a recent research.
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