Our Drinking Water: It’s so toxic that it can cause birth defects - Our drinking water has become so toxic that pregnant women who drink it could give birth to a child with serious defects. A new study has discovered...

Antidepressant: Drug may cause birth defects - Women who take the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil in the USA, and Seroxat in the UK) while they are pregnant could be putting their unborn baby at r...

Infertility - Q:We are facing the prospect of having to undergo investigations in an attempt to determine the cause of our infertility. We have been trying to have...

Tamoxifen link to birth defects noted by doctors - The breast cancer drug tamoxifen may cause birth defects. ...

Benzo link to birth defects still not confirmed by study - The jury's still out on the controversial issue of benzodiazepines and their possible cause of birth defects. ...

Sperm technique not proven - Scientists are worried that the new technique of sperm injection to help infertile couples is escalating before it has been properly tested. ...

Ivf babies are twice as likely to have a defect - Children conceived by IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) or sperm injection have twice the risk of being born with a major birth defect.

Epilepsy : baby defects - Carbamazepine (CBZ), the latest drug of choice for epilepsy, may cause birth defects. ...