Birth Defects Plague Iraq, But Cause Unknown
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Iraq War may be over, but the casualties continue for Iraqi couples trying to have children without life-threatening birth defects.An apparent rise in Iraqi birth defects has left parents, doctors and researchers…
Fertility Treatments May Raise Risk for Birth Defects, Study Says
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New research indicates that couples who undergo in vitro fertilization are more likely to have a baby with birth defects, Health Day reports. One of the study’s authors said the findings showed a significant link bet…
Pub Sells Pregnancy Tests to Curb Birth Defects
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Before ordering that much-desired mojito or martini, female patrons of a Minnesota pub can check to see if they’re pregnant.Pub 500 in Mankato, a city south of Minneapolis-St. Paul, has a new test dispenser in …
Fertility Methods May Raise Risk of Birth Defects, Study Says
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Babies conceived with infertility treatment methods are more likely to have certain birth defects than babies who are conceived naturally, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine…