Antidepressants Not Big Risk for Defects

June 28, 2007 By JEFF DONN, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Newborns face little risk of birth defects from antidepressants taken by many women early in pregnancy, say the reassuring findings of the two biggest studies of this controversial link.

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