Group B Strep Support Title: Group B Strep Support. Description: Dr Chris Steele, resident doctor on ITV’s This Morning, has become the first Patron of charity Group…
China in rural birth control bid Title: China in rural birth control bid. Description: China is to bring in new financial incentives to encourage people in rural areas to…
NICE Evidence into practice briefing: Promotion of breastfeeding initiation and duration Title: NICE Evidence into practice briefing: Promotion of breastfeeding initiation and duration Description: This evidence into practice briefing represents the culmination of work commissioned by…
Hewitt promises more choice for expectant mothers by end of 2009 Title: Hewitt promises more choice for expectant mothers by end of 2009. Description: By the end of 2009, every pregnant woman in England…
Drugs in pregnancy and schizophrenia Title: Drugs in pregnancy and schizophrenia. Description: The risk of developing schizophrenia is known to be connected to a family history of the…
Pregnant mother’s fatty diet ‘may alter baby’s brain’ Title: Pregnant mother’s fatty diet ‘may alter baby’s brain’. Description: A high-fat diet during pregnancy has the potential to alter a baby’s developing brain…
HIV positive women in pregnancy: increased anemia and hypertension Title: HIV positive women in pregnancy: increased anemia and hypertension. Description: HIV positive women are much more likely to suffer from anemia and…
“It’s hospital policy…” Title: “It’s hospital policy…” Description: The language of birth can be very disempowering for women, perhaps no more so, argues Alice Charlwood, than…
Is it safe to exercise during pregnancy? Title: Is it safe to exercise during pregnancy? Description: For years it was believed that pregnant women should spend nine months prone on…
Why Mothers Die Title: Why Mothers Die. Description: Jean Robinson concludes her review of the latest Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths for 2000-2002. Content: We sent…