What Doctors Don't Tell YouTo reassure women that their babies are healthy, medicine has come up with a battery of tests that look for fetal abnormalities. Some, like amniocentesis, are invasive tests that carry risks for the baby.
Fertility drugs can increase the chances of birth defects such as spina bifida by nearly six times, one report has suggested. Another says the risks are doubled, while a third has concluded there ...
Expectant mothers are already encouraged to take folic acid from one month before birth to help prevent neural tube defects. But new research also shows that folic acid could have the added benefi ...
Throughout the world, folic acid has now become the sacred cow of preconceptual health advice because of its apparent ability to reduce the rate of neural tube defects. But is this faith justified ...
DOWN'S SYNDROME: It's not the age of the mother that counts after all
Living near a landfill could raise the risk of fetal abnormalities, according to a new study.
