Topic: Denmark

Early abortions don't trigger psychiatric problems

BOSTON (Reuters Health) - Women who have had a first-trimester abortion are no more likely to seek psychiatric care after the procedure than before -- but the risk of a mental health problem increases if the woman gives birth, new research shows.But ...
Do you think of painkillers as medications? In a group of women from Denmark, painkillers taken while pregnant were linked to a higher risk of having a baby boy with an undescended testicle (a condition known as cryptorchidism).. Of the moms who ...
The European study, which included 834 women in Denmark and 1,463 in Finland, found that women who combined more than one mild painkiller at the same time were seven times more likely to give birth to sons with undescended testicles compared to ...
Women who take mild painkillers such as aspirin and paracetamol during pregnancy are slightly more likely to have boys with undescended testicles, a study from Denmark has reported.. In 2001, 8.5 per cent of all boys born in Denmark had cryptorchidism. Leffers ...
The question is raised by a new study which suggests that these over-the-counter analgesics may be a greater risk than hormone-disrupting chemicals and plastics that are most blamed for causing reproductive problems in later life.Researchers pored over data from 834 women in ...
The question is raised by a new study which suggests that these over-the-counter analgesics may be a greater risk than hormone-disrupting chemicals and plastics that are most blamed for causing reproductive problems in later life.Researchers pored over data from 834 women in ...

Study links painkillers to reproductive disorders

LONDON (Reuters) - Use of mild painkillers such as paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen during pregnancy may partly account for a sharp increase in male reproductive disorders in recent decades, according to a study published on Monday.The research found that women who took ...
Women taking common painkillers while pregnant could greatly increase the risk of their sons suffering infertility problems, according to research published today.. Dr Henrik Leffers, senior scientist at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, said his research "suggests that particular attention should be paid to ...

Herpes meds not linked to birth defects: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who took medication to treat herpes infections during pregnancy weren't more likely to have a baby with birth defects than women who didn't take these drugs in a study of over 800,000 babies born in Denmark.While ...
If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant and you also someday want to be a grandmother, there's a new reason to not drink while you are pregnant, according to Danish researchers. The researchers at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark studied ...
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