The numerous reports of malformations in babies brought about the awareness of the side effects of the drug on pregnant women. The birth defects caused by the drug thalidomide can range …

Nov 3, 2011 · Fifty years ago, the sedative Thalidomide was withdrawn after thousands of mothers gave birth to disabled babies. That ageing Thalidomide generation now faces rising …

Thalidomide is a known human teratogen and carries an extremely high risk of severe, life-threatening birth defects if administered or taken during pregnancy. [6] It causes skeletal …

US thalidomide babies, now adults, have never been truly counted, recognized or compensated for their enormous losses. With an estimated 40% infant death rate and an unknown number …

Nov 27, 2021 · A group of thalidomide survivors in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has invited people to a celebration of life in Cologne to defiantly show that they are still here and alive.

May 13, 2018 · Born with severe deformations, Thalidomide babies were the result of one pharmaceutical company's coverups and dark past.

Thalidomide was a widely used drug in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the treatment of nausea in pregnant women. It became apparent in the 1960s that thalidomide treatment resulted in …

Jul 30, 2013 · Thalidomide affected babies in various ways, including shortened arms and legs, blindness, deafness, heart problems and brain damage. Mrs Masters, of Grays in Essex, was …

May 8, 2017 · Between 1957 and 1962, the sedative would result in thousands of infants in Canada, Great Britain and West Germany born with serious deformities, including the …

Jun 28, 2018 · Thalidomide is a drug that was widely used by pregnant women in the late 1950s and early '60s to relieve nausea and as a sedative, but it was later shown that women who …