Febrile Convulsions and Seizures
Febrile convulsions are incredibly common in babies and small children. Fits or seizures are triggered by a rise in their core body temperature when they...
Tag: paediatrics
Treating coughing children
Paediatrics is heading into its busiest time of the year where GPs, Emergency Departments and Children’s Units will be seeing hundreds of children a day...
Fathers who play have brighter babies
Fathers who interact more with their children in their first few months of life could have a positive impact on their baby’s cognitive development. In...
Eggs after weaning
Parents were once encouraged by health experts to avoid giving their weaned babies certain 'high risk' foods to reduce the risk of their offspring developing potentially life-threatening...
The boon of midwifery
Midwifery has a very important role to play in helping to solve some really big problems that affect women and their babies around the world....
Bs for later babies
Mums are choosing to have their babies later in life. As a GP, I see a growing number of women in their 30s and 40s who...
