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Cigarettes, tampons and condoms: your three main pub vending machine needs covered, surely? Well, it seems not. Last week a non-profit organisation...
The 'Morning After' I discovered I was pregnant was a Friday. I had had to cancel my tennis match -due to go the hospital for an emergency ectopic scan, post the school run.
As someone who works for a pro-choice education project I've heard just about all the myths about abortion and contraception that are out there. Abortion is safe, legal and common - a third of women in the UK undergo the procedure in their lifetime.
Babies born to mothers who are exposed to organic solvents at work have a slightly higher risk of having a congenital heart defect at birth, research ...
Mersina's dad wrote a piece for my blog for last year's Father's Day. It was quite an honest account of him becoming a father. He mentions not speakin...
I sat facing the doctor as she tapped away at the computer. It was 5.30pm on a Thursday evening in North West London. She was hoping this last appointment would be brief, an easily diagnosed problem.
In reality, every single woman who gets pregnant takes a risk. There are lots of ways of viewing the risks, but let's look at the ultimate bad outcome - women who die as a result of being pregnant.
My natural birth was made chemical, forceful, medical and surgical. The most important question here though is... Am I bothered? Well if you'd told me in advance this was how things might go, then I would have thought I'd be devastated. But in reality I'm happy.
Women who cut back on their saturated fat intake may have a better chance of having a baby via IVF, suggest researchers from the Harvard School of Pub...
Women may be able to remain fertile for their entire life and delay the menopause with ovarian transplants surgery, doctors have told a conference. ...
IVF has come a long way since the first ‘test tube baby’ (Louise Joy Brown) was born on July 25, 1978. According to figures released today, ove...
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pregnant woman and the death of the unborn baby girl she was carrying. Tony McLernon, 23, ...
Standing for prolonged periods during pregnancy may curb the growth of the baby in the womb, research suggests. Pregnant teachers, childcare worker...
Pregnancy is the biggest killer of teenage girls worldwide, a charity has said. Every year one million teenage girls die or are injured because of ...
Low or moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been branded ‘safe’ by Danish health experts. Scientists from the Aarhus University a...
To anyone who shares life so freely all I'd say is be careful, protect yourself and the day you find yourself contemplating bad news and if it's too soon to post it to Facebook, give it a miss and make a phone call or two, the sound of a familiar voice far outweighs the sympathy of 200 people you haven't seen or spoken to for as long as you can remember.
Today, I'm speaking at the Pacific Health Summit on the importance of harmonising the regulation of diagnostic tests. Having worked in diagnostics for over 20 years, it's frustrating to see people dying for the lack of a simple diagnostic test when tests such as those for HIV have revolutionised our approach to healthcare.
An art teacher at an independent girls' school who was sacked after becoming pregnant has won her case of unfair dismissal. Rebecca Raven, 32, said...
Nothing like a national celebration to up the national average for sex. The combination of party + alcohol + time off + a lie in = more sex for everyone! Less 'God save the Queen' more 'God help me I'm horny as hell'. WARNING: This blog contains graphic sexual content...
An NHS guidebook for soon-to-be parents has removed the word ‘dad’ following a complaint claiming it “was not inclusive of people in same-sex re...
Since the development of the contraceptive pill for women in 1960, scientists have so far failed to create the equivalent for men – until now. ...
Babies born by Caesarean are twice as likely to be obese later in life, claims new research. According to the Archive of Disease in Childhood, near...
I'm finally fully embracing the idea but very soon I turn 39. All through my thirties I thought I was bobbing along fancy-free and young at heart. Now the reality has hit that I'm one step away from 40. Cue sirens and red flashing lights.
Today, the Government relaunches its Start4Life (little sister of the Change4Life) campaign to help mothers-to-be have healthier pregnancies. And it is definitely 'mothers' they're out to educate.
Women who are unable to quit smoking during pregnancy can significantly improve the lung function of their newborns by taking Vitamin C daily, accordi...
