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Child mortality rates have halved
A new report by the World Health Organisation and Unicef has found that the child mortality rates have halved sinc...
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The game that has been designed to save lives
Researchers at the University of Manchester have designed a board game aimed at helping African midwives prevent w...
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Are antidepressants safe for use in pregnancy?
The BJOG have published three studies into the long term effects of women taking antidepressants during pre...
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New mothers return to smoking
New research has found that the stresses of new motherhood often lead women who've quit smoking during preg...
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More than just post-natal depression
New research, published in Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, has been conducted into wo...
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Extra support after fertility treatment?
Research conducted by the University of Bristol and published in the British Journal of General Practice ha...
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Stillbirth: costs beyond the lives
The journal “BMC Pregnancy and childbirth” has published an article exploring the economic costs of sti...
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Warning over gestational diabetes
The charity Diabetes UK is urging women to keep to a healthy weight while trying to conceive and not gain too much...
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How can midwives help asylum seekers?
RCM chief executive Cathy Warwick spoke last week at a conference run by Maternity Action called ‘Pregnan...
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Inspection into newborn care
The Care Quality Commision (CQC) has announced that there is to be a review of the care available to newbor...
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More babies protected by new vaccination programme
From the 1st of September 2015 the NHS now offers the MenB vaccination as part of its Childhood Immunisatio...
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Research backs screening for common infection
An Australian study published in the BJOG has indicated that Chlamydia screening for all pregnant women age...