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New quality standard on Nutrition
Read More >NICE have published a new quality standard entitled “Nutrition: improving maternal and child nutrition”...
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What is the safest way to deliver a breech baby?
Read More >A study published in the BJOG has investigated the “safest” way to deliver babies in the breech positio...
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Pregnancy discrimination worsens
Read More >Results from The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Equality and Human Rights Com...
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Prevalence of FGM
Read More >A new report, produced by City University London and Equality Now has provided detailed estimates of FGM pr...
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Is it possible to predict Pre-eclampsia?
Read More >A study published in BJOG has indicated that levels of two biomarkers (ADMA and Hcy) in the blood of pregna...
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New information on elective caesareans
Read More >The RCOG have produced new patient information for women who are considering an elective C-section i.e. a p...
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Birth rate falls but Mothers' ages rise
Read More >The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the latest data on births in England and Wales. They show...
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Increased monitoring needed to prevent stillbirths
Read More >In the UK the absolute risk of stillbirth is low, affecting approximately 4 in 1000 babies, however half of...
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Extra support for professionals re: FGM
Read More >The Department of Health (DH), NHS England and the NSPCC have joined forces to help support frontline health pract...
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New FGM guidelines released
Read More >The RCOG have this week published new “Green-top guidelines” for professionals working with women who h...
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Unborn baby initiates birthing process
Read More >A new report has concluded that unborn babies initiate the birthing process. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medic...
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New possible antidepressant risks reported
Read More >The topic of antidepressant use in pregnancy is hotly debated amongst researchers, but the latest research on the ...