News tagged with 'Birth Defects'

GlaxoSmithKline must pay $2.5 million to settle a claim that Paxil caused significant heart defects in a 3-year-old Bensalem boy.

In a newly released study, British researchers suggest women who are obese during pregnancy have a greater risk of giving birth to a baby with certain birth defects, including spina bifida and other defects.

A new study by U.S. researchers suggests babies conceived using in vitro fertilization are two to four times more likely to be born with certain birth defects compared to babies that are conceived naturally.

The National Children’s Study, launching in January 2009, will track the health and well-being of 100,000 children from birth to age 21 to examine factors behind birth defects, pregnancy-related problems and other health conditions, according to the National Institutes of Health.