Sentences with phrase «reports of birth defects»

As a pregnant mom, recent news reports of birth defects related to Zika virus may have you worried.

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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.

It found that only 39 per cent of the major defects reported in the records were also entered on the birth certificates.

Thus, only 28 per cent of defects detected at birth and recorded in hospital records were accurately reported on birth certificates, the data source for the National Center for Health Statistics and the Center for Disease Control.

The Texas study, conducted in 1981, traded the level of reporting of only one particular birth defect, spina bifida, Although spina bifida («open spine») is easy to detect, less than half of the birth certificates reported the condition.

Developmental Specialist The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development reported in 2012 that 1 in every 33 babies are born with some type of birth defect.

Yet the organization reports that less than 4 percent of babies will have any form of birth defect — and most of those problems won't be life threatening.

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.

Honduras has reported its first death from a paralysing illness linked to the Zika virus, a mosquito - borne epidemic that is spreading through Latin America and also suspected of causing birth defects.

A 2006 study of 77 pregnant women infected with West Nile virus reported that two had infants with microcephaly, the birth defect lately associated with Zika that results in unusually small and damaged brains.

The country documented 476 cases of the debilitating birth defect from January 31 to November 12, researchers note December 9 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.

«Chloroquine has a long history of successfully treating malaria, and there are no reports of it causing birth defects,» says Terskikh.

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.

Yet simple health measures could prevent up to 70 per cent of the birth defects, the report says.

But the operation continued until a spate of reports in the South Vietnamese press in 1970 and 1971 that Agent Orange was causing birth defects, and research showing that 2,4,5 - T caused malformations and stillbirths in mice.

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.

«Not surprisingly,» the report says, «the populations in the areas surveyed have high rates of birth defects, rapidly rising cancer rates, neurological damage, chaotic menstrual cycles and mental illness.»

But on 24 November, authorities in French Polynesia reported that there were 17 cases of unusual central nervous system birth defects following a Zika outbreak there in 2013 and 2014.

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.

By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial expressions of joy — wide and even smiles — to selected patients with one - sided facial muscle paralysis due to birth defects, stroke, tumors or Bell's palsy.

Gulf War syndrome (GWS) is the name given to a variety of psychological and physical symptoms, including increases in the rate of immune system disorders and birth defects, reported by veterans of the Gulf War.

By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial expressions of joy 3/4 wide and even smiles 3/4 to selected patients with one - sided facial muscle paralysis due to birth defects, stroke, tumors or Bell's palsy.

At present, most reported congenital anomalies are consistent with the neurotropic nature of the virus; however, there are sporadic reports of anomalies that tend to have the highest birth prevalence in most populations (eg, congenital heart defects) and are not consistent with current understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms in CZS.

Eighty - five percent of the fetuses or infants with potentially Zika - associated birth defects in this report had brain abnormalities or microcephaly, with most having both microcephaly and specific brain abnormalities.

Birth defects were reported for 16 of 271 (6 %; 95 % CI, 4 % -9 %) pregnant asymptomatic women and 10 of 167 (6 %; 95 % CI, 3 % -11 %) symptomatic pregnant women.

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.

Researchers reported birth defects in about 3.8 percent of babies born to women who had taken a typical antipsychotic and 4.45 percent whose mothers had taken atypical antipsychotics.

Brazil has reported the vast majority of cases of a Zika - linked birth defect called microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and malformed brains.

The researchers looked at a group of close to 2,000 of those pregnant women and report that over 90 % were infected during their third trimester, and no infants with birth defects have been identified so far in this group.

Seventy - four confirmed cases of the mosquito - borne infection that causes devastating birth defects have been reported in the state, the only state in the nation to report any local infections.

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.»

People who struggle with body weight and high blood sugar levels often use artificial sweeteners such as aspartame but it is a very bad idea as according to Carly Harrill, «There are 92 reported side effects of ASPARTAME (Equal, NutraSweet), including: birth defects, diabetes, arthritis, severe PMS, migraines, Alzheimer's disease, aggression, severe depression, and suicidal tendencies.

* In some instances, birth defects and fetal / neonatal loss were reported after treatment of pregnant and / or lactating animals.

NBTs requiring euthanasia were included in the «Common» section because 2 % of the breeding dogs were reported to have produced puppies with NBT - related birth defects severe enough to require euthanasia.

Maltese are also at 32 times more risk than all other breeds of a liver defect, present at birth, known as «portosystemic shunt,» according to a 2003 report published in JAVMA.

According to a recent news report that got a lot of play around here, federal investigators are once again looking into concerns that atrazine, a common herbicide used on crops in the Midwest and found in what could be potentially hazardous amounts in midwest drinking water, could be linked to birth defects.

The CDC also reports that birth defects are the leading cause of infant deaths, and account for ⅕ of all infant deaths.

Some of the reported side effects are infertility, internal inflammation, birth of a child with birth defect, embedment in the uterus, pelvic inflammatory disease, and many others.

However, the Gurley family accused Janssen Pharmaceuticals of «operating in a culture of secrecy, intentionally withholding concerns about Topamax known to the company at the time, together with safety reports that suggested an association between Topamax and birth defects, dating back to 2003,» according to Bloomberg News.

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Powell's drug injury legal team argued that Janssen knew of the birth defect risks as far back as 1997 but intentionally kept safety reports hidden.

Symptoms are typically mild, but according to the Center for Disease Control, there are reports of the infection leading to «Guillain - Barre syndrome and pregnant women giving birth to babies with birth defects and poor pregnancy outcomes.»