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Addiction to poular anti-depressant may lead to birth defects

A group of women in the United States are suing British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the maker of the common anti-depressant Paxil, for failing to warn patients that taking their drug while pregnant may result in birth defects. Edmond movies Creepshow 2 movie Starting Out in the Evening Bad Boys dvdrip According to Sarah Boseley, health editor of the Guardian, these women claim that GSK knew of the link between Paxil and birth trauma more than 10 years ago, a claim that GSK fervently denies. Prom Night move Metropolis divx Sharpe’s Battle movie   Never Been Kissed movie While You Were Sleeping psp This is a complicated situation. Back in 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned physicians against prescribing Paxil to pregnant women (or women planning to become pregnant) unless no other treatment options were feasible. Unfortunately, the real problem with Paxil and other SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake…
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The risk of knowing …

Troy dvd Planet Earth: The Future trailer A American Tail: Fievel Goes Westn ipod Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire move According to a recent study, a common test used to determine genetic diseases in an unborn child carries its own risks to the health of the fetus. Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia full download Dear Wendy You’re in Love, Charlie Brown trailer All Hat hd A Pocket Full of Rye ipod A recent study lead by Dr. Lewis Holmes of the Massachusetts General Hospital concludes that the test, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), increases the rate of hemangiomas, birth defects caused by the abnormal growth of blood vessels, and other vascular limb defects. CVS is usually performed in the first trimester. It has been regarded as a relatively safe procedure during which a small section of the placenta is removed and tested for serious genetic diseases such as Down syndrome….
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Cord Blood to Treat Cerebral Palsy

There is good news out of Duke University for some parents of children with cerebral palsy. Lawyers are able to help you seek compensation for the care of your child after their birth trauma, but there is still no greater resolution than actually getting to see a child recover from this debilitating disease. Deranged dvdrip Before her parents enrolled her in the Duke University experimental procedure, 2-year-old Chloe Levine had very limited use of the right side of her body and was looking at almost twenty years of physical therapy. Luckily Ryan and Jenny Levine had paid to bank Chloe’s umbilical cord blood after her birth, from which researchers at Duke were able to extract stem cells to repair Chloe’s damaged brain tissue. Walk Like a Man movie buy Tyrannosaurus Azteca buy The Good Thief Since that milestone procedure 2 months ago, Chloe has made a 50 percent recovery and…
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