Drinking in early pregnancy tied to cleft lip
Women who binge drink in the first seven months of pregnancy have an increased risk of having infants with cleft lip and cleft palate, according to findings in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
"Some evidence exists that women who drink alcohol as pregnancy are more workable than nondrinkers to have infants with facial clefts," Dr. Lisa A. DeRoo and colleagues write, "but summarizing previous findings is hampered by single categories of drinks and allotment points of commercial cross studies."
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