A woman's use of oral or nasal decongestants during the first trimester of pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk for certain birth defects, the authors of a new case-control study ...

The general characteristics of children with ECD and controls are presented in Table 1. The distributions of age, gender, ethnicity, and family history of congenital heart disease were comparable ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman’s use of decongestant medications in the first trimester of pregnancy may raise her child’s risk of certain rare birth defects, according to a small study. Some ...

Some types of over-the-counter decongestants, including the popular phenylephrine and pseudoephedrine, were individually linked to rare, specific birth defects of the digestive tract, ear and heart.

Bacterial infection of the lining and valves of the heart is more likely among children with particular defects of the organ, research suggests. Children aged under three who are born with certain ...