Heart defects on the decline in European babies

NEW YORK, Aug 11:The number of newborns in Europe affected by heart defects appears to have fallen in recent years, but it’s not clear why, says a new study. A team of European Union researchers analyzing millions of birth records found that the number of European babies born with heart defects fell from around seven in every thousand births in 2004 to around six per thousand by 2007- a drop of around four percent each year. (agencies)