Some prescription meds can harm foetus

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 05:56 in Health & Medicine

More than six percent of expectant mothers in Quebec consume prescription drugs that are known to be harmful to their foetuses, according to a Universite de Montreal investigation published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Half these women will voluntarily terminate their pregnancy fearing congenital malformations, which means the abortion rate among these women is 11 percent higher than in the rest of the population...

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