RCM plea to help deliver safe care for pregnant women
The Royal College of Midwives has today made a plea to NHS leaders to protect the safety of pregnant women by ringfencing maternity services in...
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Recurrent Miscarriage: Diabetes Drug could lead to New Treatment
An existing drug can be used to improve the womb for pregnancy, study led by University of Warwick finds Sitagliptin is first drug of its...
Research in Sheep Suggests Possible Early Test for Fetal Heart Health
Changes in heart rate, due to low oxygen conditions, experienced by the fetus during pregnancy, could be used to predict the future heart health of...
High-Fat Maternal Diet Can Cause Brain Damage in the Unborn Child
A study team at MedUni Vienna’s Center for Brain Research has found that high-fat maternal diets can cause life-long changes in the brain of the...
Exhibitions Exploring the Taboos and Misconceptions Surrounding Pregnancy & Birth
We all experience birth – and yet, unlike sex and death (art’s favourite subjects) encounters with birth in contemporary art are rare. Birth is the...
A thought-provoking new exhibition
A thought-provoking new exhibition at the Royal College of GPs examines the upsides and downsides of drug-based medicine A thought-provoking new exhibition ‘What Once was...
Seven ways to treat swelling during pregnancy
Much of the weight gained during pregnancy isn’t from the baby itself. Rather, it’s from extra fluid that your body creates to cushion and nurture...
Mother’s smoking affects baby’s DNA
Smoking during pregnancy causes chemical changes to a baby’s DNA that affect its risk of smoking-related conditions in adulthood, a study has found. The research,...
Gestational diabetes increases risk of depression after birth
Mothers diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have an elevated risk of developing postpartum depression symptoms, according to a new Finnish study. Gestational diabetes mellitus...
Nicotine in pregnancy increases risk of cot death
Nicotine exposure during pregnancy, whether from smoking cigarettes, or nicotine patches and e-cigarettes, increases risk of sudden infant death syndrome – sometimes known as “cot...
