Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Zipursky, Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, M4N 3M5, Canada; jonathan.zipursky{at}mail.utoronto.ca The first reproductive drug safety initiatives were ...

The study showed that with each increasing year of age, the odds of receiving contraceptive counseling decreased by 5%. Findings showed that among the 338 patients prescribed a teratogenic medication, ...

Findings showed that among the 338 patients prescribed a teratogenic medication, 31.7% had received contraceptive counseling at their most recent rheumatology visit. Reproductive-aged females who are ...

ABSTRACT: Pregnancy introduces a unique clinical dilemma in the management of psychiatric and neurological disorders, where ensuring maternal mental health must be carefully balanced against the ...

The teratogenic risk of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) has been a major concern in pharmacovigilance over the past several decades. However, neurodevelopmental and autism-related risks associated with ...

However, overall prevalence of exposure to teratogenic medicines is low. (HealthDay News) — Pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductive technology (ART) have a higher prevalence of exposure to ...

More than 50 years after the discovery of thalidomide's tragic ability to stunt limbs in developing human fetuses, researchers have now identified a cellular protein involved in the drug's side ...

Objective: Pregnant women and their health care professionals commonly believe that use of medications during pregnancy may be harmful to the unborn fetus. The objective of this study was to evaluate ...

Severe acne can be horrifically debilitating. It leaves sufferers drained of confidence, sometimes even unwilling to leave the house. Case numbers have been growing globally for the past three decades ...

As patients consider drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro to treat obesity, experts say the choices are not so simple. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has reported on many facets of the new ...

Background Increased TNF alpha (TNFα) levels have been associated to pregnancy complications such as intra-uterine growth retardation and fetal loss. Even if pregnancy has classically been considered ...