Thalidomide was marketed as a safe, sleep-inducing drug, but when taken during pregnancy it could cause severe birth defects.
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Documents reveal thalidomide’s manufacturer was warned about possible harms as early as 1956.
A third of Australian women take medication while pregnant. So what’s safe and what’s not?
Research published today has found an association between commonly used antidepressants and birth defects. But pregnant women face greater harms from stopping their medication abruptly.
Imagine being pregnant while having a chronic health condition such as diabetes, hypertension, depression or asthma, or being diagnosed with an illness while pregnant. Amazingly, your doctor may not know…
Bans on public smoking may lead to drops in childhood asthma and premature births, new research shows. Researchers, led by…
Pregnant women taking the epilepsy drug valproate risk having a baby with severe birth defects. Researchers at the University…
Research about the impact of marriage between first cousins on rates of birth defects garnered much media attention when it was published late last week. Sadly, most of the coverage worked to alarm rather…
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability, affecting 35,000 Australians, or one in 500 people. It is estimated that one Australian child is born with cerebral palsy every 15 hours. We…
Recently published research helps clarify the risk of birth defects linked to assisted reproductive technology. The study authors (including myself) found that a major factor for birth defects was parental…
Babies conceived using commonly available fertility treatments are on average almost 50% more likely to have a birth defect than those conceived naturally, according to the most comprehensive study of…
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Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Mater Health SEQ in conjoint appointment as Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University and as Associate Professor (Clinical), The University of Queensland
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Professor in Developmental Biology, University of Aberdeen
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Clinical Geneticist, SA Clinical Genetics Service, SA Pathology & Clinical Affiliate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Head of Research, Cerebral Palsy Alliance & Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University
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Medical Director, Grace Centre for Newborn Care, Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of Cerebral Palsy, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, University of Sydney
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