Sentences with phrase «of other birth defects»

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.

The researchers said these cases of arthrogryposis were possibly connected to the nervous system, which is consistent with some of the other birth defects linked to Zika.

Not exact matches

The agency said there have been recent variations in the number of cases reported in the region and, while the level of risk is unknown, Zika virus infection during pregnancy causes severe birth defects, including microcephaly and other severe brain abnormalities.

By experiencing, even for a brief moment, the stares of others and the struggles faced by these children, donors gain a visceral understanding that the birth defect is more than a cosmetic issue.

«WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that the consumption of this product, which contains alcohol, during pregnancy can cause mental retardation and other birth defects.

The other data base used by the Birth Defects Branch is obtained from birth certificates by the National Center of Health StatisBirth Defects Branch is obtained from birth certificates by the National Center of Health Statisbirth certificates by the National Center of Health Statistics.

Warning: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm

WARNING: Consuming this product may expose you to chemicals known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.

To add to our worry, 25 - 40 % of infants with an omphalocele have other birth defects, such as heart defects, or chromosomal abnormalities.

Some of these causes might be chromosomal abnormalities, cervical insufficiency, congenital birth defects, placental problems, or other factors.

Your caregiver will offer you screening tests that can give you information about your baby's risk of having Down syndrome and other chromosomal problems and birth defects.

InfantsRememberedinSilence.org — Nonprofit organization that is dedicated to offering support, education and resources to parents, families, friends and professionals on the death of a child in early pregnancy (miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, etc) or from stillbirth, premature birth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness, accidents, and all other types of infant & early childhood death.

When this twin passes away, the other twin is at risk for death or birth defects because of the connecting vessels.

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.

However, it is always necessary to talk to your doctor because he might recommend that you take supplements with up to 4000 mcg of folic acid if you have given birth to a baby with Spina Bifida (or other neural tube defects) in the past.

If you are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke while pregnant, you will have an increased chance of having a stillbirth, a low birthweight baby, a baby with birth defects, and other complications of pregnancy.

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

Other challenges less common but that do exist, are other birth defects or physical and intellectual challenges that can occur with duodenal atresia, such as other physical issues like constipation and organ issues, possible motor coordination issues, and conditions such as Down Syndrome, which will affect learning and growth of the cOther challenges less common but that do exist, are other birth defects or physical and intellectual challenges that can occur with duodenal atresia, such as other physical issues like constipation and organ issues, possible motor coordination issues, and conditions such as Down Syndrome, which will affect learning and growth of the cother birth defects or physical and intellectual challenges that can occur with duodenal atresia, such as other physical issues like constipation and organ issues, possible motor coordination issues, and conditions such as Down Syndrome, which will affect learning and growth of the cother physical issues like constipation and organ issues, possible motor coordination issues, and conditions such as Down Syndrome, which will affect learning and growth of the child.

In other countries, a baby born severely premature or with dire birth defects who breathes only for a very short time might be counted as a stillbirth instead of a live birth and a death.

Since makers of beauty products for the «good life» want the best of everything, they are filled with more additives, preservatives, and other ingredients typically linked to birth defects.

Some babies are born premature (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) or with birth defects or other medical conditions.

Other volunteer activities included service with the March of Dimes, helping to raise thousands for the nonprofit organization which works to improve the lives of babies by preventing birth defects.

He also hopes it will shed light on why rates of birth defects, childhood cancers, asthma, obesity, violence, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other learning disabilities are skyrocketing.

Research published today from Queen Mary University of London reveals less than 1 in 3 women have taken folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida and other birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord (neural tube defects).

Meanwhile, reports of startling birth defects in babies born to mothers who had taken thalidomide were surfacing in Germany, Australia and other countries where the drug was legal — including Kelsey's native Canada.

«Each year in Britain there are about 1,000 pregnancies affected by spina bifida or other birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord.

Others may raise the risk of birth defects, or lead to cancer, immune problems, asthma, fertility problems or other disorders later in life.

Microcephaly is rare — occurring in 6 out of 10,000 live births in the U.S. — but suddenly there were reports of thousands of women in Brazil giving birth to babies with the birth defect, other severe fetal abnormalities or Guillain - Barre syndrome, a nervous system disorder.

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.

«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.»

The babies of women infected early in pregnancy have been born with microcephaly and other birth defects; a recent World Health Organization estimate suggests there have been 1781 brain - damaged babies born in countries recently infected with the virus.

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.

ZIKA»S IMPRINT Zika's spread through the Americas, with the associated birth defects and other maladies, was one of the top stories last year.

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.

The researchers, however, were unable to include data on maternal health, prenatal care, genetics and a host of other factors that have been shown to increase the risk of birth defects because that information was not publicly available.

Common causes of pulmonary hypertension include congestive heart failure, other heart diseases, birth defects of the heart, chronic lung disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and certain autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis.

«Food enrichment with a minor amount of folic acid has been shown to be safe for the population — also without side effects for other age groups and men — and an effective way of lowering the level of birth defects.

This lack of genetic diversity can lead to birth defects and other problems, making a species even more endangered as time progresses.

Zika virus infection during pregnancy can result in microcephaly and other serious birth defects in the fetus, making the development of a safe and effective vaccine a global health priority.

Even as the Zika virus becomes more prevalent — the Centers for Disease Control reports that the number of U.S. infants born with microcephaly and other birth defects is 20 times over the normal rate — researchers are still trying to fully pin down the identifying consequences of the viral infection.

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).

The study comes in the wake of an ongoing Zika epidemic and an explosion of cases involving fetal death, microcephaly (born with severely decreased head size), and other congenital 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.

In all, Science News for Students has run 10 stories throughout the year describing the disease and a trail of birth defects and other problems that have turned up in its wake.

If one copy of one of these genes from one parent is already mutated at birth, the second normal copy from the other parent often can compensate for the defect.

Dr. Ginsburg said that in the Brigham and Women's survivorship clinic, patients ask two main questions about infertility treatments: Could their cancer treatments have put future offspring at risk of birth defects or other problems?

PHILADELPHIA — Knocking out one or both crucial regulatory genes caused cleft lip, skin barrier defects, and a host of other developmental problems in mice, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, hinting that abnormalities in these molecular pathways could underlie many birth defects that are presently not well understood.

Finally, there are other causes of microcephaly, brain abnormalities, and other birth defects, including genetic and infectious causes, about which the USZPR has limited information.36 - 38

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.