Chemicals in consumer products and food affect unborn baby boys

Richard Sharpe, a Professor of the Medical Research Council says chemicals in many food, cosmetic and cleaning products put unborn baby boys at greater risk of developing cancer and infertility later in life. The Professor who is one of Britain’s leading reproductive...

Thalidomide Yields One of Its Secrets.

The drug thalidomide first burst onto the public's consciousness in the 1960s when a series of babies were born with severe limb deformities.  They ranged from missing fingers to missing whole limbs....

Folate Enriched Diet Prevents Birth Defects

Recent studies show that a baby’s brain and spinal column may be irreversibly impaired even before a woman realizes that she is pregnant. This can lead to neural tube defects, spina bifida and anercephaly. Based on randomized trials, at least half the cases of neural...

When Not to Drink Green Tea

Most of us are aware that there are a myriad of health benefits associated with drinking green tea. There are studies linking green tea to fighting cancer, preventing cardiovascular disease, fighting infections,...

Walk Away from WalkAmerica

WalkAmerica, March of Dimes’ largest annual fundraiser, is taking place now in cities across the United States. I participated in this event more than sixteen years ago, believing funds would be used to fight birth defects. Since then, I've had three surgeries to correct...

Does Tooth-brushing Cause Epilepsy Seizures?

Tooth-brushing may trigger seizures in certain people with epilepsy, and researchers say lesions in a specific part of the brain may be a cause in some people, according to an article published in the March 6, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the scientific journal of the American...

The orphans of Sumqayit

"Grim legacy of an abandoned Soviet chemical plant "

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