Children born after assisted reproduction, where the technique known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection is used, are twice as likely to have a major birth defect, and 50 per cent more likely to h ...
Chemotherapy for cancer in childhood can affect the fertility of men and women or even cause birth defects. ...
Although the issue of declining male sperm count has been hotly debated in the medical press, mounting evidence points to pesticides. A workshop helped in Copenhagen in early 1995, at the request ...
MERCURY: Californian dentists must display the health risks
One of the US's biggest manufacturers of dental amalgam a mercury based product used for silver fillings is to issue health warnings on its product. ...
What if Down's syndrome is treatable? What if Down's children weren't born retarded but simply had a learning disability and metabolic disorder that could be corrected? ...
The standard practice in maternity units of examining a newborn baby twice is a waste of resources and should be stopped. One examination is sufficient to detect any abnormalities, researchers hav ...
The jury's still out on the controversial issue of benzodiazepines and their possible cause of birth defects. ...
Carbamazepine (CBZ), the latest drug of choice for epilepsy, may cause birth defects. ...