Painkillers in pregnancy risk (Channel 4 News, 8 November 2010)

08 Nov 2010


New research from Denmark has shown that the prolonged use of painkillers during pregnancy is associated with the development of cryptorchidism - a reproductive disorder - in male offspring, and has tied this to animal studies to show that disruption of androgen signalling may be the cause.

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