Although one article posted said they have taken into account other risk factors (I am assuming age being one of them) it didn't specify and so without knowing more information about how the study was undertaken I would take it all with a grain of salt.
The fact that birth defects are higher in babies born of ART says nothing about the causal relationship between IVF and ICSI and birth defects.
Certain fertility problems may increase the chance of birth defects, ART aside.
Studies are very easy to manipulate and the media love to jump onto a story
Without reading the full study and knowing which journals it has been published in it is hard to know how valid the information is.
Every single IVF/ICSI baby I know is perfect....especially mine!