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World Birth Defects Day: WHO seeks to raise awareness, intensifies measures for prevention

March 02, 2022 23:01 IST

On World Birth Defects Day, WHO and its Member States in the South-East Asia Region and globally raised their collective voice to increase awareness for all birth defects and improve access to quality care and treatment. To mark the awareness of this day, the WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, gave a long and informative statement that highlighted many important issues.

Air pollution can lead to a higher risk of birth defects

Health | May 29, 2019 22:25 IST

Exposure to severe air pollution can cause birth defects and even fatalities during pregnancy, new research has found.

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Australian researchers find that Niacin, a common supplement can avert miscarriages and birth defects

Lifestyle | August 10, 2017 12:27 IST

Common supplement Niacin, which is known as Vitamin B3 is potent enough to cure molecular deficiencies that can cause birth defects and miscarriages in women

Maternal sleep apnea can increase the risk of birth defects in newborns

Lifestyle | June 04, 2017 11:48 IST

Maternal sleep apnea in expecting mother can increase the risk of birth defects and resuscitation.

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Attention, parents: Kids born to mothers over 40 through IVF may have lesser birth defects

Lifestyle | October 17, 2016 13:21 IST

Women aged 40 or above are less likely to have babies with birth defects if they conceive by IVF, a new study has found. The risk of defects such as the Down’s syndrome and cerebral

Drug for anxiety may increase birth defects risk: Study

Lifestyle | May 19, 2016 22:26 IST

A recent study has warned that the drug used to treat anxiety, epilepsy, pain and other mental health disorders may increase the risk of major birth defects.

Zika can trigger severe neurological disorder: study

World | March 01, 2016 7:24 IST

Paris: Scientists today said they had confirmed that the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder.In a study published in the medical journal The

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