21 May 2012

Daniel Pohjantähti, father-of-two, found himself in a spot of bother when Norwegian officials refused to believe he was a man, despite his hirsute face and masculine features.
[The Local, April 20 2012]

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Birth defects in UK

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Annual report

In UK, 14,500 babies had a birth defect in 2009. Which include Down’s syndrome, congenital heart disease, spina bifida. More than 1 in 50. Almost double the previous estimate, that have suggested 1 in 80 babies suffers from a defect. The report, the most comprehensive of its kind, was published by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (Binocar).