Obesity During Pregnancy Promotes Birth Defects
© ThinsktockL'obesity would be a risk factor for congenital malformations, according to the results of a studystudy published in the ...
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Premature aging: researchers discover and repair defects in diseased cells
© iStockSeveral rare genetic diseases cause a aging early and accelerated. This is the case with Cockayne syndrome, which accounts ...
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Zika: twenty times more birth defects in the United States
© istockThe health authorities are not hiding their concern: in 2015-2016, the Zika epidemic would be the cause of twenty ...
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Some antidepressants increase the risk of birth defects
© fotoliaAccording to an American study relayed by the British medical journal, certain antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) ...
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Algorithm Could Help Locate Heart Defects
While normally, the origin of a heart defect is only detectable during surgery, a recent study has shown that an ...
Read moreBirth defects: multivitamins to prevent them
September 8, 2006 - By taking a vitamin supplement including folic acid before and during pregnancy, women may reduce the ...
Read moreMothers with epilepsy and birth defects
April 19, 2001 - Doctors were already aware that antiepileptics (also called anticonvulsants) prescribed to women with epilepsy during pregnancy ...
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