News
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MAMA Academy welcomes new prematurity research
Read More >MAMA Academy is delighted with the news that Tommy's has received a significant grant to fund research into premat...
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MAMA responds to MBRRACE-UK enquiry
Read More >MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK) have...
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Maternal mortality rates halved
Read More >Maternal mortality rates have almost halved in the last 25 years, according to a United Nations agencies report. T...
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Historic move in Nigeria
Read More >History has been made in Nigeria, with the total ban on female genital mutilation finally coming into effect. The ...
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Government pledges to reduce number of stillbirths
Read More >MAMA Academy welcomes the announcement today from Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, that the government pledge...
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RCOG continues to recommend Folic Acid
Read More >The RCOG has updated its Scientific Impact Paper “Periconceptional Folic Acid and Food Fortification in t...
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Ovarian cancer risk reduces with each child
Read More >Researchers at the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, at the University of Oxford have presented new research at the Nation...
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Midwifery facing a “retirement time bomb”
Read More >The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) have released a new report entitled “The State of Maternity Services ...
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Problems breastfeeding increases risk of depression
Read More >A study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing has investigated the reasons women give up breastfeedi...
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Pregnant women not seeking mental health support
Read More >The website BabyCentre has conducted an online survey of 1000 UK mothers about their experiences of mental ...
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Lily Allen's Song for Stillborn Son
Read More >Singer Lily Allen has revealed a new song written in memory of her stillborn son, who died in 2010. The song, ti...
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Pre-pregnancy exercise can reduce pelvic pain
Read More >New research from Norway indicates that frequent exercise before pregnancy may decrease the risk of a woman...