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Infertility Treatments Tied to Higher Birth Defect Risk
The risk of birth defects seems to be twice as high in babies conceived via fertility treatment, versus babies conceived naturally, writes Reuters, citing French scientists. Researchers say physicians should warn potential parents of the risk of birth abnormalities when assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment is used. ART includes a variety of infertility treatment methods such as vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), said Reuters. “We found a major congenital malformation in 4.24 percent of the (ART) children,” said clinical geneticist Geraldine Viot, of the Maternity Port Royal hospital in Paris, quoted Reuters. Viot’s findings were presented to a conference of the European Society of Human Genetics in Stockholm. According to Viot, the incidence of malformation is twice the rate seen in the general population. Viot’s team surveyed 33 French fertility clinics and reviewed data from all ART births from 2003 to 2007 for a total of 15,162…
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Antidepressants linked to newborn heart defects
The Jazz Singer full movie Cherry Crush trailer Use of certain antidepressants during the first three months of pregnancy may cause a slightly increased risk of giving birth to babies with heart defects. The 4th Tenor video Sweet and Lowdown dvdrip Caved In movie Steel Dawn movie Danish researchers found that septal heart defects, or malformations in the wall separating the right side of the heart from the left, were more common in women taking antidepressants in their first trimester. While some of these heart defects resolve on their own, others require surgery. Wicked Little Things hd The risks were seen in a class of medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), such as sertraline (Zoloft and Lustral) and citalopram (Celexa). Women who took more than one SSRI early in their pregnancy had a risk four times higher than those who didn’t. However, this risk is relatively low: 246…
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Looking for a physical therapist? Try a dolphin
Kirsten “Kiki” Kuhnert watches as a 350-pound dolphin named Matteo tickles a toddler with his snout. It’s a scene that Kuhnert has watched thousands of times; a single mother from Key Biscayne, she’s dedicated the past 15 years of her life to raising funds for dolphin-assisted therapy, a controversial behavior-modification treatment for severely disabled children. Excalibur rip “All animal therapy is controversial, because it hasn’t been researched as it should have been,” says Janelle Nimer, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tennessee who researched dolphin therapy for her three-year fellowship in veterinary medicine. “People are afraid dolphins are being mistreated. You have exotic animals and parents of autistic kids who are willing to try anything.” The Hurt Locker dvd Beer Wars move Wake of Death psp Pulse 3 rip The therapy has been the target of criticism from animal rights groups, which consider it dangerous to humans and unfair…
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