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POSTED July 13, 2011 - 16:08 | POSTED BY Neharika Sabharwal

Mom's smoking linked to birth defects -- study

Though it is known that pregnant smokers can jeopardize the health of the unborn baby, now a new study claims maternal smoking also increases the risk of a wide range of birth defects.

According to researchers, women who smoke while pregnant are more likely to have infants with birth malformations such as cleft lip, cleft palate, clubfoot, limb defects, heart problems, gastroschisis (an opening in the muscles of the abdomen that allows the intestines to appear outside the body), and imperforate anus.

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POSTED July 4, 2011 - 17:20 | POSTED BY Neelam Goswami

IVF increases women's risk of having a baby with Down's syndrome

High doses of drugs for ovarian stimulation in older women may raise their risk of IVF failure and the development of birth defects such as Down's syndrome, according to a new study.

The study suggests that women, who are over 35, and are using powerful drugs to boost large numbers of eggs to harvest for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) may might face extra risks of pregnancy loss and the development of genetic defects in the embryo.

POSTED March 11, 2011 - 01:36 | POSTED BY Yashika kapoor

Exposure to secondhand smoking during pregnancy linked to stillbirths

It's a known fact that smoking in pregnancy adversely affects health of the unborn baby, but a new study has found that non-smokers who breathe in the smoke passively are at an increased risk of giving birth to defective babies.

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The latest UK-based study has found that women who are exposed to passive smoking during pregnancy have 23 percent increased chances of giving birth to a still-born baby and 13 percent more likelihood of delivering an infant with other birth defects.

Past studies have already linked passive smoking with heart diseases and diabetes in kids.

A team of researchers from the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies at the University of Nottingham in England, spearheaded by Prof. Jo Leonardi-Bee, initiated the study that aimed at finding the impact of secondhand smoking on unborn babies.

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