Sentences with phrase «higher birth defects»

The coal mining and processing areas of Shanxi Province are home to the world's highest birth defect rate: over 8.4 percent.

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Cooking at high temperature with non-stick pans can emit poisonous fumes that lead to cancer and birth defects.

Health - care workers, engineers, technicians and women in related fields are at higher risk because they are exposed to a variety of chemicals that could cause birth defects, according to researchers at a recent conference in Seattle sponsored by the American Medical Women «s Association.

Among them are miscarriage, premature birth (and therefore being too small to survive outside of a mother's body), problems with the pregnancy (i.e. preeclampsia, high blood pressure, problems with the placenta, and infections), birth defects (i.e. chromosomal conditions, fragile x syndrome, spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, and others), stillbirth, and SIDS.

In addition, there has been some evidence that folic acid might reduce the risk of other birth defects as well, and that moms with low folic acid might also have a higher risk of miscarriage, placental abruption, and preterm delivery — possibly because of the relationship between low folic acid and homocysteine levels.

It seems counterintuitive to think that Vitamin A would be harmful to a developing fetus, but studies have shown that high levels of Vitamin A, like those found in some acne treatments, can cause serious birth defects.

Bisphenol A mimics the estrogen hormone and at high enough levels could increase the risk of cancer, birth defects or reproductive problems.

Doses of higher than 15,000 IU / d - a treatment level often used to treat acne, can cause birth defects in the developing fetus.

While this is more of a concern during pregnancy, since high levels of vitamin A can lead to birth defects, a breastfeeding mother may also be concerned about consuming too much vitamin A and passing it to the baby through her breast milk.

For your baby, these risks include: miscarriage, premature birth, and birth defects, especially when blood glucose levels are high during the first trimester.

Most multi-vitamins supply a very high dose of Vitamin A (up to 5000 IU) that may lead to birth defects in babies.

Some vitamins, like Vitamin A, in high doses, can actually cause birth defects.

Various problems are linked to such addictive practices, such as a higher risk of miscarriage, birth defects, premature birth, still birth and low weight birth, if you smoke.

For example, if you've given birth to a baby who has a neural tube defect, your health care provider might recommend a separate supplement containing a higher dose of folic acid — such as 4 milligrams (4,000 micrograms)-- before and during any subsequent pregnancies.

Some acne treatments high in vitamin A have been found to cause birth defects.

The cost can be high for an unborn baby and mom, if exposure to chemicals, pathogens, or physically demanding activities lead to birth defects or a fatality.

Taking folic acid adds an important level of protection for older women, who have a higher risk of having a baby with birth defects.

Studies in experimental animals have linked high doses of food dyes to health problems, among them organ damage, cancer, birth defects, and allergic reactions.

High exposure can result in cancer, birth defects and other diseases.

A few studies show an effect on DNA mutations which might explain a higher rate of miscarriage, pregnancy loss and birth defect.

Hrubec noted that an epidemiological study could determine whether people who have a high rate of exposure, such as healthcare workers or restaurant servers, have a more difficult time becoming pregnant or have a greater likelihood of having children with neural tube birth defects, but no such study has been conducted to date.

People living around the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine have unusually high levels of physical abnormalities and birth defects.

Women with PCOS also have a greater risk of other pregnancy complications, including pregnancy loss, preeclampsia — high blood pressure during pregnancy, preterm delivery, low birth weight and birth defects.

In a draft of the health impact assessment released in February 2011, the School of Public Health researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and cancer.

«There have been enough studies on farm families to show that babies conceived in the spring, when runoff is highest, have far higher rates of birth defects than babies conceived at other times.»

It also red flags varieties known to contain high levels of mercury, a metal associated with neurological problems and birth defects, as well as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organic compounds that are assumed carcinogens and have also been linked to reproductive problems.

If you look at the original work on the epidemiology of thalidomide [a morning - sickness drug that turned out to cause birth defects], there were specific time points where, if the woman was exposed, the baby had a high probability of having bona fide autism.

It's best to carefully plan pregnancies and ensure that the diabetes is under good control, because high sugars can cause an increased chance of birth defects.»

Overall, concentrations measured by Calafat's team were substantially higher than those that have triggered disease, birth defects, and more in exposed animals, notes Frederick S. vom Saal, a University of Missouri - Columbia biologist who has been probing the toxicology of BPA for more than 15 years.

A research team led by Jeanne Mager Stellman of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University reported in April that the herbicides used to defoliate battle zones contained two to four times the previously reported levels of dioxin, a poison linked to a high incidence of prostate cancer, diabetes, birth defects, and other ailments among American veterans, the Vietnamese, and their descendants.

In addition to causing a high fever, rash, red eyes and joint pain in those infected, Zika has been linked to birth defects, so Dr. Chen recommends that expectant mothers, women of child - bearing age and their male partners be vigilant about protecting themselves from mosquito bites.

Germany alone, which has the highest number of births per year in Europe, could annually prevent 441 cases of these birth defects if folic acid enrichment was introduced.

«Not surprisingly,» the report says, «the populations in the areas surveyed have high rates of birth defects, rapidly rising cancer rates, neurological damage, chaotic menstrual cycles and mental illness.»

When atazanavir was used with newer drugs, such as tenofovir or emtricitabine, the risk of birth defects remained higher, but there was no significant elevation in risk when atazanavir was used with older ARV drugs like zidovudine or lamivudine.

«High exposure to benzene during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight, an increased risk of childhood leukemia and a greater incidence of birth defects such as spina bifida,» said Caron - Beaudoin.

The new study will focus on four areas of high public health concern: obesity, birth defects and other early outcomes, neurodevelopmental disorders (such as autism and depression), and airway diseases (such as asthma and allergies).

In animal tests and in accidental high - level exposures of humans, the chemicals have caused a range of damage and disease, including cancers, sterility, and birth defects.

Lead author Melissa Danielson, MSPH, a statistician with the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said findings that children in foster care experience high rates of ADHD along with other, simultaneous behavioral disorders as compared to their peers in Medicaid shows a substantial need for medical and behavioral services within this group.

Surveillance that is not stringent enough, on the other hand, would allow eggs with a lot of jumping gene - related errors to survive, and lead to a high level of birth defects, such as those caused by an incorrect number of chromosomes in the offspring.

«Uranium mines and mills may have caused birth defects among Navajo Indians,» High Country News, February 4, 1985.

Schraw and his colleagues found that the risk of developing any cancer was 2.6 times higher in children with non-chromosomal birth defects than in those without a defect.

And certain birth defects had much higher associations with particular cancers.

At present, most reported congenital anomalies are consistent with the neurotropic nature of the virus; however, there are sporadic reports of anomalies that tend to have the highest birth prevalence in most populations (eg, congenital heart defects) and are not consistent with current understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms in CZS.

So prenatal vitamins, which have higher levels of folic acid than regular vitamins, are prescribed for women who are pregnant, and they're also recommended for women who are planning on trying to conceive, since birth defects can occur very early in a pregnancy, before a woman even knows she's pregnant.

Alcohol can cause birth defects, while large amounts of caffeine have been linked to higher rates of miscarriage.

SATURDAY, May 5, 2012 (Health.com)-- Babies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) have a higher risk of birth defects than those conceived naturally, but the increased risk may stem from the parents rather than the treatment itself, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), another so - called assisted reproductive technology the researchers examined, was associated with a 77 % higher risk of birth defects versus unassisted conception.

Women who are at greater risk for birth defects, for instance those taking anti-seizure medications, will need a prescription for a prenatal with a higher amount of folic acid, says Carl P. Weiner, MD, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City and coauthor of The Complete Guide to Medications During Pregnancy and Breast - feeding.

The studies that claim to show increased birth defects from higher doses of vitamin A do not distinguish between synthetic and natural vitamin A, and the people who Weston Price studied only consumed natural vitamin A from foods like liver and butter.

The study received extensive press coverage in the same publications that had earlier extolled the benefits of vitamin A. «Study Links Excess Vitamin A and Birth Defects» by Jane Brody appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 7, 1995; on November 24, 1995, the Washington Times reported: «High doses of vitamin A linked to babies» brain defects.Defects» by Jane Brody appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 7, 1995; on November 24, 1995, the Washington Times reported: «High doses of vitamin A linked to babies» brain defects.defects.»