Sentences with phrase «other major birth defects»

By February 2016, the World Health Organization had declared the epidemic a global public health emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected mothers.

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Every other published study on this subject shows this amount of vitamin A to be safe — indeed, one major study of over 25,000 births showed that daily doses of vitamin A up to 40,000 IU cut the risk of birth defects in half.

In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration warned that women who take Paxil during pregnancy are twice as likely to have children with major birth defects as those who are prescribed other antidepressants.

Exclusions: non-English speaking; unable to give informed consent; other psychiatric disorder or major medical problem; already involved in a psychological programme; < 37 or > 42 weeks of pregnancy; birth weight of baby < 2.5 kg; birth defect; or needing immediate...