Thalidomide, known for its birth defect risk, may improve life for some. Sept. 17, 2012— -- For Diane Gwartney, every waking minute was a battle against the urge to cough. "Just try to imagine ...

Thalidomide remains an enigma of a drug. Withdrawn from the market in late November 1961, this year marks 60 years since its removal in response to the birth defects crisis. Yet, its mention still ...

More than five decades on, the battle for justice over birth defects caused by the drug thalidomide continues in only one European country: Spain. Spanish victims of thalidomide are the only ones ...

One option suggests splitting medical assistance funds equally, even though survivors’ disabilities vary greatly ...

Back in 2011, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed more than four dozen lawsuits for clients who claimed to have suffered congenital injuries because their mothers took the notorious anti-nausea drug ...

A decade after receiving funding from the federal government, thalidomide survivors say it has helped make difficult days ...

Thalidomide may have been withdrawn in the early 1960s for use by pregnant women, but its dramatic effects remain memorable half a century later. Now, researchers have taken a major step toward ...

Despite heterogeneous morphologic, genetic, biologic, and clinical features, all forms of MDS are clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorders characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis and peripheral ...

Nearly 50 years ago, an increasing number of babies worldwide were born with deformities and missing limbs. The babies had fallen victim to the teratogenic effects of thalidomide, a drug commonly ...

More than 50 years after the drug thalidomide hit the market as a remedy for nausea in pregnant women, researchers may finally have pinned down how it causes severe birth defects. Their results show ...

Report found the number of pregnant women and new mothers dying of “indirect causes” had not fallen since 2003 (Getty) The drug thalidomide has a notorious past. It was used between 1957-62 as a ...

The claim: Thalidomide, a rapidly approved drug, was banned in the early 1960s after it was discovered to cause birth defects in newborns. Thalidomide and its side effects continue to be cited by ...