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...taken aback to read that some people involved in clinical trials, especially pregnant women, did not find out about a medication's possible side effects before participating. A drug that is only in the testing stages should be regarded as unsafe until proved otherwise. It is outrageous that a physician would allow a pregnant woman to take part in a test. Are we so hungry for cures that we are willing to risk unborn human lives? JENNIFER HOYDICZ Ridgefield...
Drugs taken by some pregnant women are also coming under scrutiny. At the University of Rochester, embryologist Patricia Rodier and her colleagues are exploring how certain teratogens (substances that cause birth defects) could lead to autism. They are focusing on the teratogens' impact on a gene called hoxa1, which is supposed to flick on very briefly in the first trimester of pregnancy and remain silent ever after. Embryonic mice in which the rodent equivalent of this gene has been knocked out go on to develop brainstems that are missing an entire layer of cells...
...enlightening book, Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children, but instead she is being criticized as an anti-feminist [SOCIETY, April 15]. Please! Hewlett did not invent female biology; she only reports the facts, saying that at 27 a woman's chances of getting pregnant begin to decline. As a mother who had a child at age 30, I know that parenthood is all about making hard choices. Having a child is a lifestyle choice. If a woman is not willing to adjust her professional schedule to accommodate her biology, then maybe she should examine the reasons...
...Pinero in 2000, but he was still dating Roberts, and Soto was newly divorced. Seven months ago they began seeing each other (and Julia, for those keeping score, began seeing cameraman Danny Moder). Apparently, things between Bratt and Soto progressed quickly: friends report she is pregnant...
...clinical trial, many patients say, was a different story. According to Mathias, more than a third developed severe side effects, including uncontrollable nausea, fevers, rashes, swelling and terrible headaches. Some thought the doctor's behavior was odd. While on the vaccine, one patient, Dawanna Robertson, discovered she was pregnant; she panicked when she recalled the warning on the consent form she had signed: "The potential effects of these drugs on the growing fetus...may include serious birth defects." Yet when she voiced her fears, Robertson says, McGee assured her that the vaccine couldn't pass through the placenta. She received...