Women trying to get pregnant or who are in the early stages of pregnancy should avoid taking certain painkillers, a new study suggests. Researchers in California report that women who took aspirin, ibuprofen, or related pain-fighting medications around the time of conception or in the early weeks of pregnancy were more likely to have a miscarriage than others were.
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