The perinatal deaths and adverse consequences related to assisted fertilization (AF) with compare to spontaneous pregnancy could be associated with the causes of infertility rather than the procedure of AF, according to an article published July 31, 2008 in “The Lancet.”

Women of developing countries are delaying childbirth till the age of infertility is about to strike. Consequently, most of them are adopting the assisted reproductive technologies to conceive. High risk of adverse health outcomes in infants has been associated with the assisted fertilization, but it is hard to differentiate between the effects of the procedure itself from the effects, that might be inherent in the birthing couple.

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ATLANTA – Pregnant diabetic women have three to four times more probability of delivering a child with birth defects than non-diabetic women, according to new government research.

The study is the largest of its own type, and gives the most latest and detailed information to date on birth defects that occur to infants of diabetic mothers, including heart defects, omitted kidneys and spine disfigurement.

Nearly 40 types of birth defects enlisted during study, which found to be considerably more common in the infants of diabetic mothers than normal or who were diagnosed with diabetes after conceiving.

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