Boys were more likely to be born with genital birth defects if their fathers took the commonly prescribed diabetes drug metformin in the three months before conception, according to a new study by Stanford Medicine investigators and their collaborato
Boys were more likely to be born with genital birth defects if their fathers took the commonly prescribed diabetes drug metformin in the three months before conception, according to a new study by Stanford Medicine investigators and their collaborators in Denmark.
Fathers taking metformin while trying to conceive a baby triples the risk of their sons, should they have one, being born with congenital disabilities in their genitals.
By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) - One of the world's most widely prescribed diabetes drugs may be linked to major birth defects in the offspring of male p.