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Does too much weight gain during pregnancy put child at risk?

A team of researchers has linked too much weight gain during pregnancy with cardiovascular disease risk factors in children later in life.
New research finding out of the University of Bristol suggest that women who are pregnant control their weight gain for the benefit of their future children.
The researchers looked at data on 5,154 mother and [...]

Scotland renews efforts to curtail smoking in pregnant women

Health officials in Scotland are renewing their efforts to reduce the rate of smoking in pregnant women, warning of the risk to them and their babies.
Doctors, agencies and government officials in Scotland are working together to get the word out: if you smoke while pregnant, you’re risking more than your own life.
Following on the heels [...]

Number of live births to women over 40 nearly triples

New statistics out of England and Wales shows that in the last 20 years, live births to women over 40 have nearly tripled.
The Office for National Statistics has released figures comparing fertility rates in 2008 and 2009, showing a decrease in women under 35 but an increase in for over 40s.
Of particular interest were the [...]

Mother forced to get off bus for breastfeeding

A mother from Bristol, England was forced off of a bus, accused of being ‘indecent’ for breastfeeding her baby daughter.
Amy Wooten of Bristol, England was taking the 54 First Bristol bus home on Tuesday when her six-week-old baby daughter, Emily, became fussy. Reluctantly, Wooten decided to breast feed Emily on the busy bus.
This prompted a [...]

NHS advises future mothers about myths of pregnancy

The NHS has drafted guidelines that advise future mothers about the most common myths of pregnancy.
The NHS and other organizations have turned to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to develop new guidelines regarding physical activity and weight for future mothers.
The guidelines, currently under professional review until March 18, attempt to dispel [...]

Sexual health clinics to be set up in Liverpool and Wirral secondary schools

Sexual health clinics are planned to open up in secondary schools in Liverpool and Wirral, offering pregnancy tests, morning-after pills, and other health advice.
England plans to expand clinics to secondary schools in Liverpool and Wirral, but family planning campaigners are calling the move “counter-productive.”
The expansion is part of the “extended schools” program began by the [...]

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 [...]

New morning-after pill effective up to 5 days after

A new morning-after pill has been shown to be effective at stopping a woman from getting pregnant up to 5 days after unprotected sex.
Research out of the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian in Scotland compared the effectiveness of commonly available morning-after pill levonorgestrel with a new form, ulipristal acetate.
The research, published in the medical [...]

Scotland’s historic Queen Mother’s maternity hospital closes after 46 years

Scotland said goodbye yesterday to its Queen Mother’s Hospital, one of Europe’s most modern when it opened 46 years ago.
On January 11, 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland, the Queen Mother’s Hospital opened its doors. A day later, the hospital’s first baby, James Wright, was born into the world to parents June and Nicholas. Yesterday, Wright visited [...]

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 [...]

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