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Suffering from pre-eclampsia, this young mother had to undergo a Caesarean to deliver her twin boys, seen here in the arms of her mother (Malawi)

Under pressure: the battle to have a baby in Africa

16 Feb 2017

A complication of pregnancy that causes the mother鈥檚 blood pressure to rise 鈥 often fatally 鈥 is more common in women of African descent than any...

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Placenta plays pivotal 鈥渦mpire鈥 role to influence pregnancy outcomes

12 Sep 2016

New research provides the first clear evidence that the amount of nutrients transported to the foetus by the placenta adjusts according to both the...

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Sin Zancudos no hay Zika - C煤cuta

Zika warnings lead to 鈥榮ignificant鈥 increase in demand for abortions in Latin America

22 Jun 2016

Health warnings about complications related to Zika virus significantly increased demand for abortions in Latin American countries, according to a...

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Maternal obesity and diabetes in pregnancy result in early overgrowth of the baby in the womb

08 Apr 2016

探花直播babies of obese women who develop gestational diabetes are five times as likely to be excessively large by six months of pregnancy, according to...

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11C metomidate PET CT of small Conn's tumour

New research leaves tumours with nowhere to hide

24 Sep 2015

Hidden tumours that cause potentially fatal high blood pressure but lurk undetected in the body until pregnancy have been discovered by a Cambridge...

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Yin & Yang

New NICE thresholds could miss up to 4,000 women per year at risk from diabetes in pregnancy

12 Jun 2015

探花直播new threshold for diabetes in pregnancy recently introduced by the UK鈥檚 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) misses a...

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Cover image from Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms

Families with a difference: the reality behind the hype

12 Mar 2015

Families come in many guises. Some parents are same-sex; others are single by choice. Growing numbers of children are conceived through assistive...

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Smoking girl

Shopping vouchers could help one in five pregnant women quit smoking

26 Feb 2015

Financial incentives could help one in five women quit smoking during pregnancy, according to new research published today in the journal Addiction...

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Pregnant mother

Mother鈥檚 stress hormone levels may affect foetal growth and long term health of child

26 Jan 2015

Increased levels of stress hormones can lead pregnant mice to overeat, but affect growth of the foetus and, potentially, the long term health of the...

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HCMV

Silent killer

13 Sep 2013

Many of us are infected with a virus we鈥檒l never clear. While we鈥檙e healthy, it鈥檚 nothing to worry about, but when our immune system is suppressed it...

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Breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding may reduce Alzheimer鈥檚 risk

05 Aug 2013

A new study suggests that mothers who breastfeed run a lower risk of developing Alzheimer鈥檚, with longer periods of breastfeeding further reducing...

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Aristotle's compleat and experienc'd midwife

Much ado about babies

23 Jul 2013

探花直播management of childbirth and care of newborns have always been hotly-debated topics. PhD candidate Leah Astbury looks at narratives of...

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