No more squeamishness about pelvic floor exercises
As a half-Asian woman married to a French man, I appreciate how different countries and cultures have different attitudes to being a woman and in...
Tag: pregnancy
Predictions for fertility in 2017
2016 has been an incredible year for new advances in fertility and pregnancy planning. The rise of technology, new insights and knowledge, together with better...
Monitoring pregnancy and labour
Scans are used in pregnancy to determine the growth and health of the foetus. Ultrasound measurements have been commonly used to detect fetal macrosomia, when...
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....
Cutting out fertility myths
Women who have had their appendixes removed are actually more likely to conceive a child afterwards, rather than less. This is what our latest large-scale...
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...
Anyone for strawberries?
As well as being sweet and juicy, the world’s most popular berry is said to do wonders for your health. Traditionally, strawberries, which contain more Vitamin...
Scans reveal babies of mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat
Results of our research have shown that babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat at two months of age compared to...
Major European funded study to investigate nature of pregnancy
Every single human is the product of a pregnancy, yet pregnancy has not been a traditional focus in philosophy. My study will investigate important, but...
The cost of diabetes hits 825 billion dollars a year
The cost of diabetes hits 825 billion dollars a year, according to new study, according to a team of scientists from Imperial College, London, in collaboration...
