by Lori Solomon First-trimester mRNA COVID-19 vaccine exposure is not associated with an increased risk for selected major structural birth defects, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. Elyse O. Kharbanda, M.D., M.P.H., from HealthPartners Institute in Minneapolis, and colleagues assessed whether receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during the first...
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Study reveals how epilepsy and migraine drug causes birth defects
by Public Library of Science Three mouse embryos, representative of the study, that describes how the teratogenic drug Valproic acid can cause neurodevelopmental birth defects in mice, including microcephaly and exencephaly. The embryo on the left is a normal embryo, with no exposure to Valproic acid. The embryo in the middle is smaller and has...
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Diabetes drug linked to genital birth defects in baby boys
According to a new study by Stanford Medicine investigators and their collaborators in Denmark, boys were more likely to be born with genital birth defects if their fathers took the commonly prescribed diabetes drug metformin three months before conception. The finding adds to a limited but growing understanding of how paternal factors can affect children’s health. “For...
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COMMONLY PRESCRIBED DRUG LINKED TO BIRTH DEFECTS
A study looking at the effects of a widely prescribed diabetes drug has linked the medication to an increased risk of birth defects. The Danish study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that men who took metformin, a common drug used to treat Type 2 Diabetes, within three months before conceiving a child were 40 percent more...