Health and Medical Guide to Genetics vs. Birth Defects Genetics/Birth Defects Health information topics about Genetics/Birth Defects: Abnormalities (Birth Defects) Achondroplasia (Dwarfism) Adrenoleukodystrophy (Leukodystrophies) Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency) Amniocentesis (Prenatal Testing) Anencephaly (Neural Tube Defects) Arnold-Chiari Malformation (Head and Brain Malformations) Ataxia Telangiectasia (Ataxia Telangiectasia) Birth Defects (Birth Defects) Blood Coagulation Disorders (Bleeding Disorders, Hemophilia) Brain Disorders, Inborn Genetic (Genetic Brain Disorders) Brain Malformations (Head and Brain Malformations) Canavan Disease (Leukodystrophies) Cerebral Palsy (Cerebral Palsy) Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease) Chorionic Villi Sampling (Prenatal Testing) Cleft Lip and Palate (Cleft Lip and Palate) Cloning (Cloning) Congenital Heart Disease (Congenital Heart Disease) Cystic Fibrosis (Cystic Fibrosis) Dandy-Walker Syndrome (Head and Brain Malformations) Down Syndrome (Down Syndrome) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Muscular Dystrophy) Dwarfism (Dwarfism) Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Family Medical History (Genetic Counseling) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) Fetal Ultrasound (Prenatal Testing) Fragile X Syndrome (Fragile X Syndrome) FRAXA (Fragile X Syndrome) Gaucher's Disease (Gaucher's Disease) Genes and Gene Therapy (Genes and Gene Therapy) Genetic Brain Disorders (Genetic Brain Disorders) Genetic Counseling (Genetic Counseling) Genetic Disorders (Genetic Disorders) Genetic Testing (Genetic Testing) Head and Brain Malformations (Head and Brain Malformations) Heart Diseases, Congenital (Congenital Heart Disease) Heart Murmur (Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Valve Diseases) Hemochromatosis (Hemochromatosis) Hemophilia (Hemophilia) Hepatolenticular Degeneration (Wilson's Disease) Human Genome Project (Genes and Gene Therapy) Huntington's Disease (Huntington's Disease) Hydrocephalus (Hydrocephalus) Hypermobility Syndrome (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Klinefelter's Syndrome (Klinefelter's Syndrome) Leukodystrophies (Leukodystrophies) Maple Syrup Urine Disease (Genetic Brain Disorders) Marfan Syndrome (Marfan Syndrome) Metabolic Disorders (Metabolic Disorders) Mucolipidoses (Metabolic Disorders) Mucopolysaccharidoses (Metabolic Disorders) Muscular Dystrophy (Muscular Dystrophy) Neural Tube Defects (Neural Tube Defects) Neurofibromatosis (Neurofibromatosis) Newborn Screening (Newborn Screening) Niemann-Pick Disease (Genetic Brain Disorders) Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Osteogenesis Imperfecta) Paternity Testing (Genetic Testing) Phenylketonuria (Phenylketonuria) PKU (Phenylketonuria) Prader-Willi Syndrome (Prader-Willi Syndrome) Prenatal Testing (Prenatal Testing) Progeria (Metabolic Disorders) Rare Diseases (Rare Diseases) Sickle Cell Anemia (Sickle Cell Anemia) Spina Bifida (Spina Bifida) Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) Tay-Sachs Disease (Tay-Sachs Disease) Tourette Syndrome (Tourette Syndrome) Tuberous Sclerosis (Tuberous Sclerosis) Turner's Syndrome (Turner's Syndrome) von Recklinghausen's Disease (Neurofibromatosis) Wilson's Disease (Wilson's Disease)   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! News: Medications/Drugs News Medications/Drugs News Health Tip: Controlling Asthma (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American Academy of Family Physicians says. Clinical Trials Update: July 2, 2009 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: Glaucoma patients overrate their eyedrop skills (Reuters) Reuters - Although more than 90 percent of patients taking ocular medication reported feeling confident about their eyedrop instillation technique, less than one third actually demonstrated adequate skills, researchers report in the Archives of Ophthalmology. WHO chief identifies "warning signs" of severe flu (Reuters) Reuters - H1N1 influenza is causing mild symptoms that go away without medication in most patients, but care-givers should be alert for warning signs of severe cases, the head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. Clinical Trials Update: July 1, 2009 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch: FDA Tells Patients to Stick With Diabetes Drug Linked to Cancer (Health... HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Despite recent studies suggesting that the injected diabetes drug Lantus (insulin glargine) might boost cancer risk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday urged patients who are on the medication to continue using it. With Medicare Plan, Drug Spending May Be Up (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Older people who signed up for Medicare's prescription drug coverage, called Part D, spent more on drugs after enrolling than they had before but less on other types of medical care, researchers have found. WHO to start clinical trial on river blindness drug (AFP) AFP - The World Health Organisation said Wednesday it was launching a clinical trial for a drug that could halve the treatment period for river blindness, a disease that threatens 100 million people mostly in Africa. Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2009 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch and ClinicalConnection.com: U.S. panel urge stronger limits for some pain drugs (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. advisory panel on Tuesday called for greater restrictions on the widely-used pain reliever acetaminophen, even recommending banning some medications that contain it, in a bid to prevent potentially fatal overdoses. FDA Advisers Urge Smaller Doses of Acetaminophen (HealthDay) HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health advisers recommended Tuesday to lower the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen -- the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and many other pain-killing medications. FDA panel recommends smaller doses of painkillers (AP) AP - Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses. Clinical Trials Update: June 29, 2009 (HealthDay) HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: New Drug Shows Promise for Rheumatoid Arthriitis (HealthDay) HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis reduces joint inflammation in severe cases while causing only mild to moderate side effects, according to a report from the first clinical trial of the drug on humans. Prescription drugs in spotlight after Jackson death (AFP) AFP - Michael Jackson's death has lifted a veil on the sinister underbelly of fame, with associates of the pop icon hitting out at celebrity-dazzled doctors who funnel powerful narcotics to the stars.