morning sickness

(MedPage Today) -- The 50-year mystery of how exactly thalidomide causes the infamous birth defects seen after moms-to-be took the drug for morning sickness appears to have been solved -- just one of the topics in this week's Lab Notes.

Treatments for morning sickness are plentiful, but the evidence that any of these treatments work is limited, according to a new review.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco....

For the first time, a large study shows that pregnant women who suffer morning sickness are not risking harm to their babies if they take a certain anti-nausea drug.

The result may lead more doctors to prescribe the drug metoclopramide and women to feel less guilty about using it during their baby's crucial first few months of development, experts said....

In Europe pregnant women are given a common heartburn drug to treat nausea. While the U.S. government hasn't approved it for that condition, a new study suggests it may be safe

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