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Britain’s oldest father of twins set for another baby at 72

Britain’s oldest father of twins is at it again, this time helping to conceive his thirteenth child at the age of 72.
Last November Baby Chums reported that Richard Roden had become Britain’s oldest father of twins at the age of 71. Well, it appears Roden has been staying busy at home.
The Daily Mail reports that [...]

World first: newborn baby treated with xenon gas to prevent brain injury

A newborn baby in Britain has become the first human to be treated with the noble gas xenon in a bid to prevent brain damage from pregnancy complications.
Riley Joyce was born without a pulse and without breath due to complications during the end stage of mother Sarah Joyce’s pregnancy, which caused her baby’s oxygen supply [...]

Scientists discover genetic link between low birth weight and diabetes

Scientists have discovered that there is a genetic link between low birth weights in babies and the onset of Type 2 diabetes later in life.
The collaborative effort of scientists from Britain, Finland, the Netherlands and the United States has yielded important research which could change the way diabetes is dealt with in the future.
The team [...]

Should British women be better compensated for donating their eggs?

A debate has been sparked in Britain about whether its women should be better compensated for donating eggs to infertile couples.
Tonight the Bridge Center, one of London’s more notable fertility clinics, is offering one woman the chance to select eggs from a U.S. donor. The woman to receive this gift will be selected randomly by [...]

Labour accuses Tories of misrepresenting teenage pregnancy figure

The UK’s Labour party has accused the Tories of misrepresenting key teen pregnancy data in a 20-page campaign document yesterday.
A 20-page campaign document titled “Labour’s Two Nations” released by the Conservative (Tory) party yesterday is being criticized by Labour for a key teen pregnancy statistic that was wrong by a factor of 10.
The document, intended [...]

Father forced to deliver own baby at hospital

A father was forced to deliver his own child when the one of the hospital’s midwives disappeared.
Thomas Howard had seen his wife give birth four times, but he never expected that he’d have to use what he had observed to personally deliver the couple’s fifth child.
After Emily Baron, 26, went into labor last Tuesday, she [...]

British government apologizes and designates funds to Thalidomide victims

The British government has apologized to Thalidomide victims nearly 50 years after it was pulled from the market for its side effects.
On Thursday, the Britain’s Health Minister Mike O’Brien read a statement to parliament, apologizing to those born with birth defects caused by the drug Thalidomide.
“The government wishes to express its sincere regret and deep [...]

Britain’s famous surrogate mother pregnant with eighth child

Britain’s prolific surrogate mother, Jill Hawkins, revealed that she is pregnant with at least one more child.
Jill Hawkins is at it again, this time playing surrogate to at least her eighth baby, if not more.
Hawkins was “absolutely ecstatic” when she found out last night that at least one of the embryos implanted in her womb [...]

Julia Donaldson Gruffalo author speaks of son’s suicide

Britain’s favorite bedtime story, The Gruffalo, has a tragic family story around it of mental illness.
Author Julia Donaldson has revealed how she wanted her son Hamish to die before she and husband Malcolm did and how whilst Hamish inspired her to become a writer he was afflicted with schizoaffective disorder and later in life, alcoholism.
She [...]

Britain climbs to top of Europe’s abortion list

Britain has taken the top spot with the highest number of reported abortions in Europe in 2007.
Sifting through data provided by Eurostat, Norway-based Institute for Family Policies has found that Britain ranked at the top of the European abortion list for 2007, overtaking France, a country with nearly six million more people.
As teenage pregnancy rates [...]

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