«Overall risk
of birth defects appears low for women taking antiretrovirals during early pregnancy.»
Not exact matches
According to a report in Reuters Health, research from the University
of Valencia in Spain, indicates that using nicotine substitutes like nicotine gum, patches, or inhalers during the first 12 weeks
of pregnancy
appears to increase the risk
of birth defects.
In that timeframe — before Zika
appeared in the United States — microcephaly, brain abnormalities or another Zika - associated
birth defect appeared in just 3 out
of every 1,000 live
births.
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).
Zika virus, first detected in Africa in the 1940s, was unknown in the Americas until last year when it
appeared in northeastern Brazil, where it has been linked to a spike in
birth defects in thousands
of babies.
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.»
«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.»
Congenital hydrocephalus is a
birth defect most often associated with a dome - shaped skull (sometimes referred to as «water head» or «apple head»), a large fontanel («soft spot») on top
of the skull, and eyes that
appear to gaze downward (called the «setting sun sign»).
Studies, such as those
appearing in the New England Journal
of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, support these families conclusions about SSRIs and a causal link to
birth defects.