Sentences with phrase «various birth defects»

Numerous studies have shown that folic acid can lower the risk of various birth defects.

100 grams of beet root provides 27 % of the RDA for folic acid known to prevent various birth defects in babies.

Rubella led to various birth defects including blindness, deafness and severe mental retardation as well as miscarriages and stillbirths across Europe and the U.S. in the 1960s.

EFFECT: Decreased circulating androgens Male and female infertility: Decreased sperm production in males; fetal loss in females Genital malformations Cleft palate and various birth defects Immune suppression Hyperkeratosis and other skin diseases Growth retardation Increased mortality

In response to a number of lawsuits alleging Zofran caused various birth defects, GlaxoSmithKline moved to consolidate, at least for pretrial purposes, all federally - filed lawsuits under a procedure known as Multidistrict Litigation (MDL).

Studying how Zika virus is spread in mouse fetuses may help us understand how Zika infection leads to various birth defects in people.

Trouble also arises when a person inherits two working copies of a gene that should be imprinted, as with Beckwith - Wiedemann syndrome, which can cause complications during pregnancy due to overgrowth of the baby, and lead to various birth defects.

The first of what we expect to be many Zofran birth defect lawsuits have been filed, alleging that use of the drug during pregnancy resulted in various birth defects.