Sentences with phrase «kind of birth defect»

While some birth defects are considered more mild than others, any kind of birth defect impacts parents and babies alike.

Past outbreaks of Zika occurred among small populations in the Pacific islands, and uncommon kinds of birth defects were not noticed right away.

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In the largest study of its kind, researchers found only 34 (0.31 %) healthy volunteers with serious adverse events, which are defined by the FDA as those that result in death; are life - threatening; require or prolong in - patient hospitalization; or cause a disability, congenital anomaly or birth defect.

Their main hurdle is equipment: Laboratories like theirs use a different kind of mass spectrometer than hospitals do, so the team is currently adapting their technique for a mass spectrometry platform already used for diagnosing metabolic birth defects in many hospitals.

To obtain that kind of large dataset, Schraw and his colleagues collected data from birth defect and cancer registries in Texas, Michigan, Arkansas, and North Carolina for the years 1992 - 2013.

These kinds of chemicals are known to build up in the body and can lead to a demise in health, from infertility and birth defects to certain kinds of cancer.

Birth defect that have been linked to Zoloft include: • Various kinds of heart valve defects • Hole in the heart • Spina bifida • Cranofacial defects • Neural tube defects • Craniosynostosis - a skull defect • Club foot • Omphalocele - causes the abdominal organs and intestines to stick out through the belly button • Anencephaly - a child is born with a brain or skill that has parts missing.