The German manufacturer of Thalidomide continues to be vilified a half century after its birth defect disaster of the early 1960s.
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Baby Noor was born with spina bifida, a birth defect in which the vertebrae do not form completely around the spinal cord.
Dr. Chaim Lotem said the hole, measuring 1 to 2 millimeters, is a minor birth defect found in 15 percent to 25 percent of people.
Checking for any abuse, she asked one girl about a bump on her eye, and the girl told her it was a birth defect, she said.
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At issue is whether a heart-plug procedure to repair a birth defect that is common in about a quarter of the U.S. population can prevent strokes in young people.
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London, England (CNN) -- A baby born with a severe birth defect put its parents on opposing sides in a British court Monday over whether to switch off the child's life support.
They refused to accept mounting evidence that thalidomide was responsible for a sudden outbreak of a rare birth defect called phocomelia, in which children are born with severely deformed internal organs or limbs.
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Similarly, someone on a Dow Chemical computer deleted details of the company's development of birth defect-inducing Agent Orange and the continuing controversy around the Bhopal disaster, in which Union Carbide, a firm that Dow later acquired, was responsible for the death of as many as 22, 000 Indians.
Similarly, someone on a Dow Chemical (nyse: DOW - news - people ) computer deleted details of the company's development of birth defect-inducing Agent Orange and the continuing controversy around the Bhopal disaster, in which Union Carbide, a firm that Dow later acquired, was responsible for the death of as many as 22, 000 Indians.
Other studies of the topiramate in Qnexa have suggested an increased birth-defect risk.
At Dow Chemical (nyse: DOW - news - people ), someone censored details about the company's birth-defect-inducing Agent Orange.
At Dow Chemical, someone censored details about the company's birth-defect-inducing Agent Orange.
This hole is either a heart defect (atrial septal defect) or an enlarged natural opening (foramen ovale) that is supposed to close soon after birth.
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