Birth-Defect Risk Higher With Fertility Treatments, Study Shows
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 11:40
in Health & Medicine
An Australian survey of about 300,000 pregnancies, with more than 6,000 resulting from fertility treatments, found that treatment was associated with a 28 percent greater risk for birth defects.
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