Father's use of diabetes drug could raise his kids' risk of birth defects

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The risk was linked to metformin, a type 2 diabetes drug.

If men take metformin, a common type 2 diabetes drug, during a critical period of sperm development, their offspring may be more likely to develop birth defects, a large study suggests.

In particular, the study found that male babies born to fathers who took metformin during this critical period had a higher risk of genital birth defects than babies whose fathers took metformin outside of that key time window or had never taken the drug. The new research was published Monday in the…

 

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