Sentences with phrase «of birth defects among»

Congenital Zika syndrome refers to the pattern of birth defects among fetuses and infants of mothers infected with Zika virus during pregnancy.

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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.

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

Such basic knowledge about the development of teeth or bones adds to understanding of craniofacial abnormalities, which are among the most common birth defects in humans.

Some of the severe manifestations and complications associated with Zika disease include fetal loss, microcephaly and other birth defects, and the potential for delayed mental and physical effects among infected babies born in apparent good health.

There is no significant increase in the frequency of post-natal mortality, birth defects and hospitalization rate among the children of male cancer survivors compared to the general population.

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.

Congenital Zika virus syndrome — a pattern of birth defects found among fetuses and babies infected with the virus — is a newly identified condition that occurs when women are infected during pregnancy.

Among pregnant women infected with HIV, the use of antiretroviral (ARV) medications early in pregnancy to treat their HIV or to prevent mother - to - child transmission of HIV does not appear to increase the risk of birth defects in their infants, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

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

The included birth defects were based primarily on case reports of outcomes occurring in association with Zika virus infection during pregnancy; there is more evidence for some of these birth defects than for others, and a causal link has not been established for all.5,10,12,21 - 27 Because much of the focus to date has been on microcephaly and brain abnormalities, data were summarized in 2 mutually exclusive categories: (1) brain abnormalities with or without microcephaly regardless of the presence of additional birth defects and (2) neural tube defects and other early brain malformations, eye abnormalities, and other consequences of central nervous system dysfunction among those without evident brain abnormalities or microcephaly.

This report describes the US Zika Pregnancy Registry (USZPR) and the proportion of fetuses or infants with birth defects potentially associated with maternal Zika virus infection among women in the USZPR and evaluates whether the proportion with birth defects differs based on the presence of maternal symptoms of Zika virus infection or by trimester of possible infection.

Results Among 442 completed pregnancies in women (median age, 28 years; range, 15 - 50 years) with laboratory evidence of possible recent Zika virus infection, birth defects potentially related to Zika virus were identified in 26 (6 %; 95 % CI, 4 % -8 %) fetuses or infants.

The CDC's guidance recommends Zika virus testing for all women with possible exposure during pregnancy, regardless of symptoms.16 The findings that there were similar proportions with birth defects among those with symptomatic and asymptomatic maternal infections supports the importance of screening all pregnant women for Zika virus exposure and testing in accordance with CDC guidance.

«Chief among them is vitamin A. Individuals who have been deprived of sufficient vitamin A during gestation tend to have narrow faces and skeletal structure, small palates and crowded teeth.16 Extreme vitamin A deprivation results in blindness, skeletal problems and other birth defects.17 Individuals receiving optimal vitamin A from the time of conception have broad handsome faces, strong straight teeth, and excellent bone structure.

«Teratogenicity of High Vitamin A Intake» by Kenneth J. Rothman of the Boston University School of Medicine and his colleagues, correlates vitamin A consumption among more than 22,000 pregnant women with birth defects occurring in subsequent offspring.

In general, biotin deficiency tends to raise the risk of several health conditions and even birth defects during pregnancy, which is why, it is among the most crucial vitamins needed.

Researchers found similar rates of birth defects — about 25 infants out of 1,000 — among women who never used birth control pills and those who took them before pregnancy or took them before realizing they were pregnant.

State health officials concluded, in their investigation into probable causes of a high rate of birth defects and miscarriages among teachers and staff members, that at least some of the health complaints at the school were related to an insufficient flow of fresh air, according to Robert G. Dickie, the principal.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory places Jefferson County among the very worst in the nation for air releases of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.

The definition: Relatively high levels of the corn herbicide atrazine are present in Midwestern water supplies in June, following the spring spray season, triggering an increase in birth defects among children born nine months later.

Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use among women and the risk of birth defects, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, August 22, 2011