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Sarah Abedin, 15 May 2009 11:15
Research on pregnant smokers has uncovered a gene for addiction that made it more difficult for the women in the study to quit smoking. Geneticists found that 31% of women who did not carry the gene stopped smoking in the first trimester, compared to 21% of women with two copies of the gene. By the third trimester 47% of women ...
Research on pregnant smokers has uncovered a gene for addiction that made it more difficult for the women in the study to quit smoking. Geneticists...
Canadian research has found that as well as protecting unborn babies from neural tube defects such as spina bifida, folic acid also protects them from...
Unicef research has discovered that a shocking 90% of English maternity units lack the proper qualifications and knowledge to support mothers who want to breastfeed....
A Harris Interactive poll for the Metro newspaper has found that four out of five young people want the age of women's first cervical screening...
As part of National Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2009, 10-17 May, the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) are using their local branches to encourage women to breastfeed,...
Despite clear guidance issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) five years ago, that every couple should receive three cycles of IVF free...
New research shows that the children of Britain are in danger of growing up without learning even basic cooking skills, as only 12% of parents...
A recent survey of mothers with young children found that although 9 out of 10 mothers want to breastfeed, 22% give up in the first...
The role dads play in breastfeeding may be larger than you think, and supportive dads are being praised by breastfeeding information organisation Real Baby Milk....
Growth charts for babies and children up to the age of four are being changed to reflect the growth of breastfed rather than bottle-fed babies....
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