Severe air pollution can cause severe birth defects, say researchers.
29 May 2019 7:30 PM
Study finds cancer-fighting gene p53 helps to prevent birth defects.
10 Apr 2019 5:17 PM
Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures.
29 Aug 2018 8:51 AM
Mothers who took vit D during pregnancy were 28 pc less likely to have underweight newborns or babies who died in womb or during infancy.
30 May 2018 8:17 AM
Some of the most common birth defects are caused by a neural tube that fails to close completely.
02 May 2018 8:36 PM
Research carried out by Virginia Commonwealth University, found flavoured e-cigarettes caused particularly severe facial abnormalities.
26 Mar 2018 10:05 AM
Research revealed that women who stick to such diets have a 30 percent higher chance of having children with neural tube birth defects.
25 Jan 2018 6:18 PM
Women who breathe polluted air during the month right before or after they get pregnant may have babies with birth defects.
04 Jan 2018 10:44 AM
Children, pregnant women, elderly and people with respiratory problems suffer the most due to it, says S.P. Byotra.
26 Dec 2017 1:40 AM
The most susceptible time of exposure appears to be the one month before and after conception.
11 Dec 2017 7:24 PM
Here is what researchers discovered.
15 Nov 2017 9:44 AM
The mutation in one of its structural proteins, called pRM, is believed to have arisen prior to the 2013 outbreak in French Polynesia.
29 Sep 2017 8:11 AM
Even as doctors asked parents to prepare for her funeral when she was born, the family remained determined to give the child a better life.
31 Aug 2017 7:44 PM
The baby's skull was fractured in a procedure to drain fluids from his abnormally large head.
29 Aug 2017 4:03 PM
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27 Aug 2017 3:39 PM
Experimental drug administered during pregnancy may protect foetus from disease caused by the bite of Aedes mosquitoes.
15 Jul 2017 11:31 AM
The condition giving a parasitic twin is one in a million and caused by delay in seperation of the embryo's
03 May 2017 7:00 PM
Other than the extra limb, the baby was born with healthy vitals and she is in good health.
22 Mar 2017 7:43 PM
The child is being called supernatural and many villagers are also seeing it as an incarnation of Lord Hanuman.
22 Mar 2017 5:07 PM
The child's parents were initially reluctant about surgery but agreed after talking to the staff.
25 Jan 2017 3:03 PM