PRETORIA, South Africa, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers in South Africa have linked urogenital birth defects in boys to spraying of the pesticide DDT, especially indoors.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A Florida State University scientist says he's found the cause of chromosomal birth defects, such as Down, XYY, Edwards, Patau and Turner's syndromes.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 2 (UPI) -- U.S. birth defect rates are highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer, researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have found.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say babies born preterm are more than twice as likely to have major birth defects.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- People born with heart and circulatory conditions accounted for one-third of the 139,100 U.S. hospital admissions for birth defects reported during 2004.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Atrial septal defects and other heart conditions account for one-third of hospital admissions for birth defects, according to a new study.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A study at the University of Iowa of in vitro fertilization shows a slight increase in birth defects but doesn't show a link between the process and defects.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- By studying hundreds of mutant mice with two upper jaws, researchers have uncovered new insights on the genes that make up the jaw in everything from humans to lizards.
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