Birth Defects

Source: au.rd.yahoo.com --- 28 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who have diabetes before becoming pregnant are about three times as likely as other women to have a baby with at least one Birth defect, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 28 days ago
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News)-- Women who develop diabetes before they become pregnant are three to four times more likely than non-diabetic women to have a baby with at least one Birth defect, says a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. ...

Source: enews.earthlink.net --- 30 days ago
ATLANTA - Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with Birth Defects than other women, according to new government research. ...

Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 28 days ago
Women diagnosed with diabetes before their pregnancy have a higher risk of giving Birth to a baby with a Birth defect than a woman who does not have diabetes before giving Birth, a study shows. ...

Source: www.onhealth.com --- 28 days ago
Title: Pre-Pregnancy Diabetes Boosts Risk for Birth Defects Category: Health News Created: 7/31/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/31/2008 ...

Source: www.medicinenet.com --- 33 days ago
Title: Topamax May Raise Risk of Birth Defects Category: Health News Created: 7/22/2008 Last Editorial Review: 7/22/2008 ...

Source: www.detnews.com --- 16 days ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska infants are twice as likely to be born with major Birth Defects as infants in the U.S. as a whole, according to a new study by the state Department of Health and Social Services -- and officials are at a loss to explain why. ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 17 days ago
Researchers have discovered a central molecular switch in fruit fly embryos that opens new avenues for studying the causes of Birth Defects and cancer in humans. Writing about their study in the Aug. 12 Developmental Cell, scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center determined the switch to be a main tuning mechanism for instructing cells whether to form sensory nerves or blood cells in different parts of the body. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 21 days ago
OBGYN.net Aug 8 2008 11:36AM GMT ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 26 days ago
Taking the epilepsy drug topiramate alone or along with other epilepsy drugs during pregnancy may increase the risk of Birth Defects, according to a study published in the July 22, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Research has shown that many epilepsy drugs increase the risk of Birth Defects, but little research has been done on topiramate. ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 27 days ago
Women who receive a diagnosis of diabetes before they become pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with one or even multiple Birth Defects than a mother who is not diabetic, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ...

Source: blogs.babiesonline.com --- 27 days ago
Sorry to bring some not-so-good news today. In a previous post, I touched on the alarming increase in the incidence pregestational diabetes (not be confused with gestational diabetes) - pre-existing diabetes mellitus among women of childbearing age before pregnancy. This study I am reviewing here investigated the link between Birth Defects ... ...

Source: www.knbc.com --- 30 days ago
A new government study shows that diabetic women are three to four times more likely than other women to have a baby with Birth Defects. ...

Source: diabetes.taragana.net --- 23 days ago
A new study of its kind shows a strong association of mother diabetes before/during pregnancy and Birth Defects. Adolfo Correa, MD, MPH, PhD, the studies lead author and an epidemiologist at the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and developmental disabilities has undergone a long term study (published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology) [...] ...

Source: www.wddty.com --- 22 days ago
The epilepsy drug Topamax (topiramate) can cause Birth Defects in children whose mothers took it while pregnant, a new study has discovered. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 6 days ago
Nic and Ashley Haws of Provo hold their seven-month-old daughter Mercydez at their home in Provo Thursday, August 21, 2008. Mercy was born with CHARGE syndrome and family and friends will be holding a... ...

Source: medheadlines.com --- 28 days ago
An extensive study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the elevated risk of Birth Defects in women diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes before becoming pregnant. Children born to diabetic… ...

Source: greenoptions.com --- 23 days ago
My son was born with a congenital heart defect, which presented a challenge when it came to nursing. For my daughter, breastfeeding happened instantly and naturally; she knew what to do. I was one of those judgmental women who thought that breastfeeding was easy; that women who struggled were just too uptight. My second child [...] ...

Source: www.healthnews.com --- 33 days ago
While there are always risks in pregnancy, those risks can be compounded in epilepsy patients. Medications, as well as seizures, can be problematic for the unborn fetus. Recently a new study, though based on a small test population, has shown evidence that Topiramate, prescribed under the name of Topamax, a drug used to treat epilepsy, may lead to Birth Defects in babies. This compounds the risks to consider if an epilepsy patient is considering pregnancy. read more ...

Source: www.kvue.com --- 30 days ago
A new government study claims diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with Birth Defects than other women. ...