Older moms may have options to reduce newborns’ risks

Exercising moms could offset added danger of heart defects, a mouse study shows

Older women who get pregnant face a heightened risk of having a baby with congenital heart defects. But exercise might lower that risk, a study in mice shows.

Researchers designed an experiment to determine what underlies the age-related risk: the age of the mother or the aging eggs she carried.